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Tue, Apr 1, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 62% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA151130900227
MTL19071411321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:43MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Kaiden Guhle, Lane Hutson · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:37FLANiko MikkolaAssists: Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:47FLAMackie SamoskevichPPAssists: Seth Jones · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:51MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovský · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:29MTLNick SuzukiGWGAssists: Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson · Wrap-around, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:04FLAAleksander Barkov: Interference2 min
  2. P2 18:03MTLEmil Heineman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:18MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:00FLASam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:01MTLPatrik Laine: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 5:24FLASam Bennett: Tripping2 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
43% to win57% 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
27Shots on goal21
3.3Expected goals2.5
70Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits11
16Blocked shots20
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways5

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 – Barkov – Reinhart7:49

    xG 0.76–0.15 (84%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Marchand – Barkov – Reinhart4:12

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Samoskevich3:00

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Rodrigues2:17

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Forsling18:45

    xG 0.95–0.25 (79%)attempts 27–11goals 0–0

  2. Bjornfot – Balinskis8:38

    xG 0.36–0.53 (41%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Schmidt – Mikkola15:34

    xG 0.41–0.87 (32%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Anderson – Dvorak10:03

    xG 0.81–0.28 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Armia – Evans – Newhook2:00

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Laine – Newhook – Heineman7:33

    xG 0.19–0.15 (56%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Evans – Pezzetta4:52

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuhle – Hutson16:04

    xG 0.92–0.30 (75%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Struble7:16

    xG 0.41–0.03 (94%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Struble – Hutson2:21

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 2.5 xGFLA 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 74/100 · #334 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 62% 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).