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Thu, Jan 19, 2023·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 6, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 92% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01152217640
MTL090729225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:30FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:27FLASam BennettPPAssists: Gustav Forsling, Anton Lundell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:58FLAMatthew TkachukPPGWGAssists: Sam Reinhart, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:03FLAGivani SmithAssists: Nick Cousins, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–0
  5. P2 19:17FLAMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–0
  6. P3 2:12MTLRem PitlickAssists: Mike Hoffman, Justin Barron · Snap, 0.06 xG5–1
  7. P3 8:06MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Rem Pitlick, Jesse Ylonen · Snap, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P3 9:11FLARyan LombergAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett · Tip-in, 0.12 xG6–2
Penalties (24)
  1. P1 2:01FLAEetu Luostarinen: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:29MTLRem Pitlick: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:26FLANick Cousins: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:51MTLJoel Edmundson: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:34MTLKirby Dach: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:30MTLCole Caufield: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:37FLAGivani Smith: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 13:17MTLJosh Anderson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 16:55MTLJesse Ylonen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P2 18:18MTLJordan Harris: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  11. P2 0:00FLAGustav Forsling: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 0:00FLAGivani Smith: Misconduct10 min
  13. P2 0:00MTLArber Xhekaj: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 5:13FLAMarc Staal: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 5:13MTLDavid Savard: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 5:13MTLDavid Savard: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 5:58FLASam Bennett: Kneeing2 min
  18. P3 5:58FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 5:58MTLMike Matheson: Fighting5 min
  20. P3 12:46FLAGivani Smith: Fighting5 min
  21. P3 12:46MTLArber Xhekaj: Fighting5 min
  22. P3 14:09MTLMichael Pezzetta: Roughing2 min
  23. P3 14:09MTLMichael Pezzetta: Fighting5 min
  24. P3 14:09FLARyan Lomberg: Fighting5 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
49% to win51% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
40Shots on goal25
6.5Expected goals2.6
71Shot attempts54
22Faceoffs won28
8Power plays5
37Penalty minutes53
14Hits25
20Blocked shots14
9Giveaways18
9Takeaways2

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. bestVerhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk7:07

    xG 1.16–0.37 (76%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Luostarinen – Denisenko8:51

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Barkov – Reinhart – Lundell3:14

    xG 0.02–0.02 (59%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Mahura9:19

    xG 0.41–0.14 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  2. Gudas – Forsling2:24

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Forsling – Mahura2:03

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Dadonov – Dvorak – Pezzetta4:46

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Anderson – Dach5:49

    xG 0.40–0.64 (38%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Suzuki – Ylonen – Caufield6:33

    xG 0.03–0.35 (8%)attempts 1–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Harris2:08

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Kovacevic – Harris5:50

    xG 0.42–0.40 (51%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  3. Barron – Xhekaj2:56

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 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 2.6 xGFLA 6.5 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

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 61/100 · #566 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 92% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).