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Sat, Apr 1, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Montréal Canadiens 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 68% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL071170913236
TBL07061900122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:24MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Max Pacioretty · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:38TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Victor Hedman, Jonathan Drouin · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:51MTLAlexander RadulovGWGAssists: Max Pacioretty, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:34TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 5:57MTLDwight King: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:02TBLGreg McKegg: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. P2 18:14MTLBrandon Davidson: 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 SOG0TBL
44% to win56% to win
← MTL attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTBL
36Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals1.9
67Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits26
16Blocked shots12
5Giveaways5
5Takeaways4

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. bestPlekanec – Byron – Gallagher11:04

    xG 0.72–0.17 (81%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Shaw – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen10:48

    xG 0.54–0.17 (76%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Pacioretty – Danault12:48

    xG 0.26–0.45 (37%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  4. King – McCarron – Martinsen10:46

    xG 0.28–0.50 (36%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Weber16:14

    xG 0.88–0.35 (71%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  2. Emelin – Beaulieu15:11

    xG 0.55–0.15 (78%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Emelin – Petry2:43

    xG 0.07–0.06 (51%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point16:32

    xG 0.68–0.43 (61%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

  2. Dumont – McKegg – Brown7:27

    xG 0.11–0.23 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Namestnikov – Drouin9:43

    xG 0.26–0.68 (28%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Vermin – Erne8:57

    xG 0.06–0.52 (10%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Dotchin15:29

    xG 0.65–0.41 (62%)attempts 22–10goals 1–1

  2. Hedman – Sustr3:32

    xG 0.13–0.07 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Witkowski – Hedman3:07

    xG 0.01–0.08 (15%)attempts 1–6goals 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.

TBL 1.9 xGMTL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #625 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 68% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

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

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