Tue, Apr 7, 2026·Centre Bell, Montreal
Florida Panthers 3, Montréal Canadiens 4 (SO)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | SO | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA | 111 | 110 | 17 | 05 | 0 | 333 |
| MTL | 07 | 17 | 215 | 03 | 2 | 432 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 9:23FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Donovan Sebrango · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
- P2 0:54MTLIvan DemidovPPAssists: Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovský · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
- P2 13:43FLACole ReinhardtAssists: Luke Kunin, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
- P3 6:22MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Noah Dobson, Adam Engstrom · Snap, 0.01 xG2–2
- P3 7:49FLAEetu LuostarinenAssists: Gustav Forsling, Jesper Boqvist · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–2
- P3 19:39MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovský · Snap, 0.26 xG3–3
Shootout
- 1. MTL Cole Caufield scored
- 2. FLA Eetu Luostarinen stopped
- 3. MTL Alexandre Texier scored
- 4. FLA Sam Bennett stopped
Penalties (6)
- P1 1:31MTLAdam Engstrom: Holding2 min
- P1 10:47FLADmitry Kulikov: High sticking2 min
- P1 17:58FLADonovan Sebrango: Tripping2 min
- P2 0:31FLATobias Bjornfot: Slashing2 min · PPG
- P2 14:25MTLIvan Demidov: Interference2 min
- P3 19:48FLATomas Nosek: High sticking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Luostarinen
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestGreer – Boqvist – Luostarinen11:03
xG 0.57–0.34 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0
- Nosek – Gregor – Schwindt9:38
xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Verhaeghe – Bennett – Samoskevich13:22
xG 0.60–0.49 (55%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0
- Hinostroza – Kunin – Reinhardt8:52
xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestBenning – Sebrango4:32
xG 0.52–0.03 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0
- Jones – Forsling2:19
xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0
- Forsling – Benning2:20
xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
Montréal Canadiens
Forward lines
- bestTexier – Newhook – Demidov12:13
xG 0.67–0.32 (68%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0
- Danault – Anderson – Kapanen9:01
xG 0.60–0.31 (66%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0
- Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský10:04
xG 0.45–0.33 (58%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1
- Evans – Dach – Bolduc10:58
xG 0.20–0.85 (19%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestHutson – Engstrom2:33
xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0
- Struble – Hutson12:37
xG 0.47–0.46 (51%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0
- Matheson – Dobson16:22
xG 0.55–0.63 (47%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.
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 61% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MTL − FLA), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).