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Wed, Nov 17, 2010·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Florida Panthers 2, Atlanta Thrashers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 54% of the time.

ATL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01521603234
ATL11308018139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:18ATLZach BogosianAssists: Johnny Oduya, Alexander Burmistrov · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:13FLAStephen WeissAssists: Cory Stillman, Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:03FLARadek DvorakGWGAssists: Chris Higgins, Marty Reasoner · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:15ATLDustin Byfuglien: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 4:20ATLToby Enstrom: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 3:37FLARadek Dvorak: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:48ATLAnthony Stewart: Hooking2 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 SOG0ATL
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackATL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Reasoner won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAATL
34Shots on goal39
3.3Expected goals3.6
62Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
14Hits16
11Blocked shots17
5Giveaways8
13Takeaways12

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. bestDvorak – Reasoner – Higgins10:30

    xG 0.95–0.39 (71%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Reinprecht – Matthias – Repik7:09

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Stillman – Weiss – Frolik8:36

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. Olesz – Booth – Santorelli10:37

    xG 0.20–0.48 (30%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Garrison13:31

    xG 1.61–0.92 (64%)attempts 16–20goals 2–0

  2. McCabe – Weaver2:16

    xG 0.02–0.09 (17%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Wideman16:29

    xG 0.52–0.68 (43%)attempts 20–13goals 0–1

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestStewart – Little – Kane12:31

    xG 0.76–0.24 (76%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Boulton – Thorburn – Burmistrov2:01

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Peverley – Bergfors14:25

    xG 0.80–0.64 (55%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  4. Boulton – Thorburn – Slater5:16

    xG 0.30–0.48 (39%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Bogosian12:29

    xG 0.85–0.54 (61%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  2. Sopel – Hainsey6:31

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Bogosian3:55

    xG 0.22–0.13 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

ATL 3.6 xGFLA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ATLFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ATL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ATL is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #932 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 54% of the time.

ATL winsFLA wins

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

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).