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Tue, Oct 15, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 61% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL172906322
MTL19011014134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:46MTLJeff PetryPPAssists: Max Domi · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:53TBLBraydon CoburnAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:04TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:01TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Ondrej Palat, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:22TBLYanni Gourde: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:31MTLBrett Kulak: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:16TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:27TBLMikhail Sergachev: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P3 4:35TBLNikita Kucherov: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 13:10TBLKevin Shattenkirk: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMTL
22Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals2.4
44Shot attempts70
20Faceoffs won30
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
37Hits22
25Blocked shots11
12Giveaways13
5Takeaways4

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli8:26

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Gourde10:40

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Point12:40

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 6–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak2:18

    xG 0.66–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – McDonagh10:51

    xG 0.67–0.17 (79%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Sergachev9:17

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Weal – Kotkaniemi2:37

    xG 0.51–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Byron – Armia – Suzuki2:01

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Byron – Suzuki5:30

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Byron – Lehkonen – Domi2:00

    xG 0.09–0.16 (36%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Petry – Kulak13:57

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Folin13:31

    xG 0.94–1.22 (43%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Mete13:56

    xG 0.28–0.58 (32%)attempts 12–19goals 0–2

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 2.4 xGTBL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #914 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 61% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

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

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