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Thu, Oct 27, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL04113014131
MTL090839326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:08TBLAlex KillornAssists: Victor Hedman, Anton Stralman · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:12MTLAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Andrei Markov, Jeff Petry · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:23MTLMax PaciorettyGWGAssists: Greg Pateryn, Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:16MTLTorrey MitchellENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:23TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:56MTLNathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:56TBLCedric Paquette: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 5:32TBLTyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:37MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Holding2 min
  6. P3 1:26MTLAndrei Markov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 4:58TBLNikita Nesterov: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:26MTLAndrew Shaw: Holding2 min

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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Desharnais
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMTL
31Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals1.8
61Shot attempts45
29Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
18Hits24
13Blocked shots18
21Giveaways17
7Takeaways2

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Killorn – Point7:45

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Drouin8:11

    xG 0.37–0.21 (63%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Namestnikov5:25

    xG 0.14–0.01 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Brown – Paquette3:41

    xG 0.07–0.01 (85%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Nesterov5:14

    xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Nesterov11:34

    xG 0.16–0.11 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Sustr2:01

    xG 0.07–0.08 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Danault – Flynn5:36

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk7:54

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Gallagher – Galchenyuk2:32

    xG 0.09–0.01 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Radulov – Lehkonen7:52

    xG 0.08–0.10 (44%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pateryn – Beaulieu10:37

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Markov – Petry17:04

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Emelin17:23

    xG 0.48–0.54 (47%)attempts 11–21goals 0–1

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 1.8 xGTBL 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #770 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 52% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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