Sat, Dec 30, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise
Montréal Canadiens 0, Florida Panthers 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 67% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 013 | 09 | 016 | 038 |
| FLA | 013 | 113 | 17 | 233 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 4:02FLAConnor BrickleyGWGAssists: Mark Pysyk, Mike Matheson · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
- P3 11:49FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Connor Brickley · Slap, 0.22 xG0–2
Penalties (3)
- P1 3:03MTLJeff Petry: Holding2 min
- P2 18:29MTLPhillip Danault: Tripping2 min
- P3 3:31MTLBrendan Gallagher: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Trocheck
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestGalchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin11:53
xG 1.06–0.44 (70%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0
- Pacioretty – Danault – Hudon13:43
xG 0.51–0.14 (78%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0
- Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher11:44
xG 0.38–0.56 (41%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1
- Froese – Shaw – Carr10:42
xG 0.15–0.39 (28%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMorrow – Jerabek17:08
xG 0.87–0.42 (67%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0
- Schlemko – Alzner15:04
xG 0.57–0.45 (56%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0
- Petry – Benn15:08
xG 0.66–0.68 (49%)attempts 15–16goals 0–2
Florida Panthers
Forward lines
- bestBrickley – Trocheck – Malgin8:31
xG 0.74–0.11 (87%)attempts 15–4goals 2–0
- MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley8:44
xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0
- McGinn – Dadonov – McCann6:36
xG 0.20–0.26 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0
- Dadonov – Trocheck – Malgin3:04
xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestPetrovic – Weegar12:08
xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0
- Pysyk – Matheson16:34
xG 0.74–0.57 (57%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0
- Yandle – Ekblad19:40
xG 0.65–1.10 (37%)attempts 23–24goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 67% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (FLA − MTL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).