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Mon, Apr 3, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Montréal Canadiens 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

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

FLA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL11106314431
FLA07115010132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:12MTLAndrew ShawAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Artturi Lehkonen · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:57FLAJonathan MarchessaultAssists: Michael Sgarbossa, Mark Pysyk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:25MTLArtturi LehkonenGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:49MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Paul Byron · Slap, 0.25 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:34MTLAlexander RadulovENAssists: Max Pacioretty, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.60 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 10:55FLADerek MacKenzie: Holding2 min
  2. P2 15:35MTLAndrew Shaw: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 16:27MTLPhillip Danault: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:44FLAMichael Sgarbossa: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 18:44MTLPhillip Danault: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 9:31FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Slashing2 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 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLFLA
31Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
18Hits15
5Blocked shots9
12Giveaways6
4Takeaways5

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. bestShaw – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen9:37

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Pacioretty – Danault9:27

    xG 0.45–0.24 (66%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Pacioretty – Shaw3:11

    xG 0.26–0.10 (73%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher13:52

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Petry16:16

    xG 1.00–0.57 (64%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Davidson – Nesterov14:17

    xG 0.62–0.40 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Emelin – Beaulieu14:44

    xG 0.65–0.61 (51%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Bjugstad – Marchessault3:20

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Malgin2:26

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Marchessault – Malgin5:57

    xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Smith – Bjugstad7:56

    xG 0.21–0.48 (31%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Pysyk – Weegar13:29

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  2. Petrovic – Matheson18:06

    xG 0.81–1.10 (42%)attempts 16–19goals 0–2

  3. Yandle – Demers15:57

    xG 0.27–0.81 (25%)attempts 6–20goals 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 2.4 xGMTL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #787 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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.

FLA winsMTL wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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