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Thu, Dec 29, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Montréal Canadiens 3, Florida Panthers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 62% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL01711011212341
FLA191160800233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:58FLAJason DemersAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Jonathan Marchessault · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:45MTLMax PaciorettyPPAssists: Alexander Radulov, Nathan Beaulieu · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:02FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Keith Yandle · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:23MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Phillip Danault · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:39MTLPhillip DanaultGWGAssists: Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 1:22FLAMike Matheson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 3:54MTLMichael McCarron: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:54FLAPaul Thompson: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:54FLAPaul Thompson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:10MTLChris Terry: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:24MTLJeff Petry: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:23MTLRyan Johnston: Hooking2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
44% to win56% to win
← MTL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLFLA
41Shots on goal33
2.9Expected goals2.2
63Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
8Hits20
13Blocked shots11
9Giveaways24
8Takeaways11

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Mitchell – Byron10:42

    xG 0.66–0.40 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Terry – McCarron – Carr5:09

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Plekanec – Lehkonen – Carr2:07

    xG 0.07–0.01 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Flynn – Lehkonen8:28

    xG 0.15–0.14 (53%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Johnston11:33

    xG 0.85–0.16 (84%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Beaulieu17:27

    xG 0.74–0.32 (70%)attempts 23–12goals 1–0

  3. Weber – Emelin17:24

    xG 0.41–0.96 (30%)attempts 11–25goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Trocheck – Marchessault14:02

    xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Sceviour – Sgarbossa – Malgin8:17

    xG 0.13–0.16 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Bjugstad – Griffith11:27

    xG 0.28–0.75 (27%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – MacKenzie – Thompson6:43

    xG 0.12–0.71 (14%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Demers15:23

    xG 0.64–0.34 (65%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

  2. Kindl – Ekblad2:01

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson6:35

    xG 0.26–0.36 (43%)attempts 8–5goals 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.

FLA 2.2 xGMTL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #290 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 62% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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