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Tue, Oct 24, 2017·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 1, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 64% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01116010127
MTL011315211537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:20FLAKeith YandleAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:44MTLAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:02MTLShea WeberPPGWGAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Andrew Shaw · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:19MTLBrendan GallagherUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:11MTLShea WeberAssists: Artturi Lehkonen · Slap, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:06MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Phillip Danault, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 4:13MTLMichael McCarron: Interference2 min
  2. P2 7:07FLAMike Matheson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 11:09FLAKeith Yandle: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 15:44FLARadim Vrbata: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:20FLAMike Matheson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:39MTLTomas Plekanec: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
27Shots on goal37
1.6Expected goals2.2
41Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
35Hits24
23Blocked shots12
20Giveaways11
4Takeaways9

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. bestDadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov11:29

    xG 0.84–0.50 (62%)attempts 14–15goals 1–2

  2. Brickley – Bjugstad – Malgin5:13

    xG 0.20–0.09 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Haley – Tippett4:40

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – McGinn – Trocheck7:57

    xG 0.05–0.53 (9%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad16:36

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Weegar – McCoshen13:17

    xG 0.23–0.34 (41%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson15:08

    xG 0.32–0.60 (35%)attempts 6–21goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Lehkonen – Drouin9:17

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 18–4goals 1–0

  2. Galchenyuk – McCarron – Scherbak9:23

    xG 0.18–0.13 (57%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Plekanec – Byron – Hudon2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Gallagher – Hudon10:14

    xG 0.13–0.35 (28%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Davidson14:40

    xG 0.31–0.26 (54%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Mete14:25

    xG 0.71–0.69 (51%)attempts 24–13goals 2–1

  3. Alzner – Benn15:09

    xG 0.40–0.41 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

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 2.2 xGFLA 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #849 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 64% 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).