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Tue, Mar 26, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 1, Montréal Canadiens 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 55% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01408112134
MTL3112719627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:58MTLTomas TatarAssists: Andrew Shaw, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:39MTLBrett KulakGWGAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jordan Weal · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:28MTLTomas TatarAssists: Shea Weber, Brendan Gallagher · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:52MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Andrew Shaw, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P2 12:40MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Victor Mete, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–5
  6. P3 1:35FLAFrank VatranoPPAssists: Denis Malgin, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–5
  7. P3 11:48MTLMax DomiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:24MTLPaul Byron: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:24FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:02MTLTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 15:17FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 16:48MTLBrendan Gallagher: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 19:25FLAFrank Vatrano: Holding2 min
  7. P2 7:29FLATroy Brouwer: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 7:29MTLChristian Folin: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 19:41MTLBrendan Gallagher: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
34Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts64
36Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
14Penalty minutes16
24Hits23
23Blocked shots13
19Giveaways13
10Takeaways11

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. bestBrouwer – Sceviour – Malgin3:31

    xG 0.39–0.07 (85%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Sceviour – Hunt4:32

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Hunt – Vatrano6:07

    xG 0.10–0.03 (80%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Vatrano – Malgin5:23

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Brown12:12

    xG 0.44–0.11 (79%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Pysyk – Matheson2:06

    xG 0.14–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Matheson – Brown2:27

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Gallagher – Danault8:30

    xG 0.87–0.43 (67%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Shaw – Lehkonen – Domi5:44

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  3. Thompson – Tatar – Weal2:50

    xG 0.08–0.05 (63%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Weal – Lehkonen5:38

    xG 0.07–0.06 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Kulak15:04

    xG 0.85–0.30 (74%)attempts 25–12goals 4–0

  2. Petry – Benn2:13

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Mete12:21

    xG 0.46–0.40 (53%)attempts 15–8goals 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 2.3 xGFLA 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1096 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

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 55% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

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

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