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Montréal Canadiens at Florida Panthers

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Montréal Canadiens
4
Florida Panthers
▸7
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Recap

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The Florida Panthers beat the Montréal Canadiens 7-4. The lead changed hands 2 times. It was tied 4-4 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Jonathan Huberdeau's goal at 1:19 of the third period, which took the Panthers' chances from 52% to 76%. Expected goals favored the Panthers, 6.5 to 2.7; shots on goal were MTL 24, FLA 46. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Panthers win a replay of these chances 85% of the time. Jake Allen stopped 39 of 45 (.867); Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 of 24 (.833), 1.3 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Ryan Lomberg (2 G, 1 A), 2. Sam Bennett (1 G, 2 A), 3. Jonathan Huberdeau (2 G, 1 A).

Three stars

  1. ★
    FLA
    R. Lomberg2 G, 1 A
  2. ★★
    FLA
    S. Bennett1 G, 2 A
  3. ★★★
    FLA
    J. Huberdeau2 G, 1 A

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
MTLMTL1133506424
FLAFLA214219313746

Scoring

11 goals

1st period

  1. MTL
    C. Wideman(3)
    J. Ylonen (3), L. Dauphin (8)
    wristxG 0.09win prob +12 pts
    1-0
    2:32
  2. FLA
    J. Huberdeau(22)SHG
    E. Luostarinen (12)
    backhandxG 0.10win prob +15 pts
    1-1
    16:17
  3. FLA
    R. Lomberg(7)
    J. Thornton (3)
    snapxG 0.04win prob +15 pts
    1-2
    17:57

2nd period

  1. FLA
    S. Bennett(26)
    B. Chiarot (13)
    snapxG 0.07win prob +15 pts
    1-3
    2:37
  2. FLA
    R. Lomberg(8)
    A. Barkov (37), C. Verhaeghe (28)
    wristxG 0.20win prob +9 pts
    1-4
    7:57
  3. MTL
    J. Edmundson(1)
    N. Suzuki (32), J. Barron (1)
    snapxG 0.05win prob +7 pts
    2-4
    16:24
  4. MTL
    L. Dauphin(4)
    M. Perreault (3), C. Wideman (19)
    snapxG 0.19win prob +15 pts
    3-4
    16:55
  5. MTL
    C. Dvorak(9)
    R. Pitlick (18), D. Savard (10)
    wristxG 0.12win prob +22 pts
    4-4
    18:06

3rd period

  1. FLA
    J. Huberdeau(23)
    S. Bennett (14), R. Lomberg (8)
    backhandxG 0.26win prob +24 pts
    4-5
    1:19
  2. FLA
    M. Marchment(15)
    S. Bennett (15), S. Reinhart (39)
    snapxG 0.19win prob +10 pts
    4-6
    14:43
  3. FLA
    A. Barkov(29)EN
    J. Huberdeau (70), C. Giroux (29)
    backhandxG 0.94
    4-7
    17:26

Penalties

MTL 10 PIM·FLA 6 PIM

1st

  • 3:33FLASam Bennett · Roughingdrawn by Alexander Romanov2 min
  • 3:33MTLAlexander Romanov · Roughingdrawn by Sam Bennett2 min
  • 5:13MTLDavid Savard · Slashingdrawn by Anthony Duclair2 min
  • 15:06FLANoel Acciari · Trippingdrawn by Josh Anderson2 min

2nd

  • 4:35MTLChris Wideman · High stickingdrawn by Ryan Lomberg2 min

3rd

  • 10:41FLAAleksander Barkov · Interference goalkeeperdrawn by Jake Allen2 min
  • 10:50MTLChristian Dvorak · Trippingdrawn by Jonathan Huberdeau2 min
  • 11:20MTLDavid Savard · Hookingdrawn by Claude Giroux2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
FLA goalMTL goalFinal: FLA 100%

Biggest swing: Jonathan Huberdeau, 3rd 1:19 — FLA 52% → 76%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
A. Barkov · Goal · xG 0.94A. Barkov · On goal · xG 0.41E. Luostarinen · On goal · xG 0.27G. Forsling · On goal · xG 0.27J. Huberdeau · Goal · xG 0.26C. Giroux · On goal · xG 0.25S. Reinhart · On goal · xG 0.20R. Lomberg · Goal · xG 0.19N. Acciari · On goal · xG 0.19M. Marchment · Goal · xG 0.19A. Duclair · On goal · xG 0.19A. Barkov · On goal · xG 0.19A. Barkov · On goal · xG 0.18G. Forsling · On goal · xG 0.15J. Huberdeau · On goal · xG 0.14M. Marchment · Missed · xG 0.14S. Bennett · On goal · xG 0.14C. Giroux · Missed · xG 0.11M. Marchment · On goal · xG 0.11G. Forsling · Missed · xG 0.11M. Marchment · On goal · xG 0.10J. Huberdeau · Goal · xG 0.10J. Huberdeau · On goal · xG 0.09S. Bennett · On goal · xG 0.09C. Giroux · On goal · xG 0.08G. Forsling · On goal · xG 0.08B. Montour · On goal · xG 0.07B. Montour · On goal · xG 0.07S. Bennett · Goal · xG 0.07E. Luostarinen · On goal · xG 0.07M. Marchment · On goal · xG 0.07M. Weegar · On goal · xG 0.06A. Barkov · On goal · xG 0.06G. Forsling · Missed · xG 0.06B. Montour · Missed · xG 0.06C. Giroux · On goal · xG 0.05S. Bennett · Missed · xG 0.05M. Weegar · Missed · xG 0.05J. Huberdeau · On goal · xG 0.05S. Bennett · On goal · xG 0.04B. Montour · On goal · xG 0.04A. Barkov · Missed · xG 0.04J. Huberdeau · Missed · xG 0.04R. Lomberg · Missed · xG 0.04R. Lomberg · Goal · xG 0.04B. Chiarot · Missed · xG 0.04C. Verhaeghe · Missed · xG 0.03E. Luostarinen · Missed · xG 0.03S. Bennett · On goal · xG 0.03B. Montour · On goal · xG 0.03R. Gudas · On goal · xG 0.03R. Lomberg · Missed · xG 0.02M. Weegar · On goal · xG 0.02J. Huberdeau · On goal · xG 0.02M. Weegar · Missed · xG 0.02J. Huberdeau · On goal · xG 0.02R. Lomberg · On goal · xG 0.01A. Barkov · Missed · xG 0.01R. Hagg · On goal · xG 0.01A. Barkov · On goal · xG 0.01A. Barkov · On goal · xG 0.00B. Chiarot · On goal · xG 0.00
FLA7 G · 6.5 xG · 62 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

MTLvsFLA
2.74 G
All situations
6 G6.5
2.14 G
Even strength
5 G4.7
0.10 G
Power play
0 G0.4
0.50 G
Shorthanded
1 G0.4

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 91 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
MTL15%85%FLA

Flurry-adjusted xG 2.65 – 5.41

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

MTLvsFLA
24
Shots on goal
46
45%
Faceoffs
55%
0/2
Power play
0/4
10
Penalty minutes
6
19
Hits
21
21
Blocked shots
7
5
Giveaways
9
7
Takeaways
14

Box score

every player line
Montréal Canadiens skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
27A. RomanovD000-210.03222—25:56
58D. SavardD011010.10424—21:10
52J. BarronD011-210.00010—20:43
44J. EdmundsonD101-220.07730—20:20
14N. SuzukiC011-330.421104319:07
28C. DvorakC101010.180025019:04
17J. AndersonR000000.01210—18:17
32R. PitlickC011-130.4701010018:06
22C. CaufieldR000-230.2800010016:48
68M. HoffmanC000-220.03010016:47
64C. SchuenemanD000+100.00170—16:23
71J. EvansC000-220.411103813:45
41P. ByronL000-310.290102513:32
20C. WidemanD112+120.12002—13:32
40J. ArmiaR000-300.00000—11:46
45L. DauphinC112+120.270003810:03
56J. YlonenR011+100.00000—07:49
85M. PerreaultC011+200.00100007:34
Montréal Canadiens goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
34J. Allen(L)45396.8675.58-0.4259:18

Season series

FLA leads 3-1

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).