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Sat, Feb 1, 2020·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 0, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 79% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0804017029
MTL11621118435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:25MTLNick SuzukiGWGAssists: Joel Armia, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:01MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Jeff Petry, Jordan Weal · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:35MTLTomas TatarAssists: Phillip Danault, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:46MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Jeff Petry, Nick Suzuki · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:46MTLJordan Weal: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 2:16FLAMike Hoffman: Holding2 min
  3. P3 1:15MTLJoel Armia: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 3:13MTLCarey Price: Delaying game2 min
  5. P3 9:36FLAMike Matheson: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:14MTLNick Suzuki: Holding2 min
  7. P3 13:55MTLJoel Armia: Interference2 min
  8. P3 16:35MTLNick Cousins: Cross checking2 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
45% to win55% 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
29Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals3.8
47Shot attempts71
20Faceoffs won37
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
14Hits22
25Blocked shots11
14Giveaways6
7Takeaways9

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. Hoffman – Toninato – Vatrano6:06

    xG 0.17–0.34 (33%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Acciari3:48

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov7:40

    xG 0.03–0.56 (5%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari5:22

    xG 0.00–0.69 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Ekblad2:15

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Stillman9:52

    xG 0.02–0.51 (3%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Brown6:47

    xG 0.12–0.70 (15%)attempts 2–15goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Gallagher – Danault7:28

    xG 1.12–0.02 (99%)attempts 18–3goals 1–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Armia – Suzuki12:26

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Tatar – Gallagher – Domi2:05

    xG 0.32–0.03 (91%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Weise – Cousins5:50

    xG 0.07–0.01 (92%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Kulak14:05

    xG 1.42–0.02 (99%)attempts 22–2goals 3–0

  2. Weber – Chiarot15:57

    xG 0.84–0.28 (75%)attempts 25–10goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Mete11:08

    xG 0.41–0.22 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

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 3.8 xGFLA 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1057 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 79% 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).