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Tue, Apr 5, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 4, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA171428419
MTL01411306133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 0:10FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:00MTLAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Brendan Gallagher · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:47FLANick BjugstadPPGWGAssists: Teddy Purcell, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:58FLAGreg McKeggAssists: Shawn Thornton, Aaron Ekblad · Backhand, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:31FLAJiri HudlerPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:10FLAJakub Kindl: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:27MTLGreg Pateryn: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 0:36FLABrian Campbell: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:10FLASteven Kampfer: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:21FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:27FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:16MTLBrendan Gallagher: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:50MTLDarren Dietz: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 14:08MTLJohn Scott: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 16:04FLANick Bjugstad: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 18:14MTLDaniel Carr: Hooking2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
19Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals3.5
34Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won27
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
10Hits18
15Blocked shots8
16Giveaways13
6Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHudler – Purcell – Grimaldi8:46

    xG 0.25–0.10 (72%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – McKegg6:11

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Jokinen – Smith – Bjugstad9:16

    xG 0.22–0.63 (26%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov8:53

    xG 0.10–0.79 (11%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kulikov – Petrovic2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Kampfer – Kulikov10:32

    xG 0.32–0.47 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad13:43

    xG 0.40–0.58 (41%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk10:43

    xG 0.78–0.26 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Danault – Andrighetto9:34

    xG 0.74–0.37 (67%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Plekanec – Eller – Carr9:19

    xG 0.19–0.16 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Scott – Byron7:45

    xG 0.10–0.21 (33%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Pateryn11:36

    xG 0.69–0.08 (90%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Dietz – Hanley11:21

    xG 0.67–0.42 (62%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Emelin – Johnston11:39

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

MTL 3.5 xGFLA 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #646 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (MTL − FLA), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).