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Tue, Jan 15, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 1, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 78% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA116016021153
MTL07311210528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:11FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Denis Malgin · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:29MTLShea WeberPPAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Joel Armia · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:44MTLPhillip DanaultGWGAssists: Shea Weber · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:53MTLMax DomiAssists: Paul Byron, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:22MTLJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:24MTLBrendan GallagherENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.52 xG1–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:00MTLMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 10:00MTLMax Domi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 10:00FLAMike Matheson: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:57FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:42FLAKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 3:14FLAJuho Lammikko: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 3:40MTLPaul Byron: Charging2 min
  8. P2 6:36MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 9:51MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi: Too many men on the ice2 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
53Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals5.6
84Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won41
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
25Hits27
12Blocked shots16
21Giveaways19
9Takeaways9

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. bestBjugstad – Huberdeau – Borgstrom8:39

    xG 0.56–0.30 (66%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Barkov – Vatrano10:14

    xG 0.54–0.53 (51%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. Sceviour – Hawryluk – Lammikko7:00

    xG 0.20–0.37 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – McCann – Malgin8:27

    xG 0.35–0.84 (29%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson15:27

    xG 1.53–0.53 (74%)attempts 29–13goals 0–1

  2. Weegar – McCoshen4:13

    xG 0.18–0.00 (99%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad15:38

    xG 0.70–0.72 (49%)attempts 22–14goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Domi6:52

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino6:58

    xG 0.31–0.20 (60%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Byron – Tatar – Domi3:49

    xG 0.64–0.61 (51%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  4. Byron – Tatar – Kotkaniemi5:07

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Kulak13:20

    xG 1.34–0.41 (77%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Reilly – Kulak2:42

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Mete12:02

    xG 0.31–0.94 (25%)attempts 9–22goals 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 5.6 xGFLA 3.5 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #836 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (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 78% 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).