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Sat, Dec 11, 2010·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Florida Panthers 0, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0606010022
NSH2901018327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:14NSHRyan SuterGWGAssists: Martin Erat, Sergei Kostitsyn · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:49NSHShea WeberAssists: Ryan Suter, Jerred Smithson · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:06NSHJoel WardENAssists: Francis Bouillon, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.56 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:08FLATomas Vokoun: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:29NSHJordin Tootoo: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:29FLABryan McCabe: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 13:17FLAKenndal McArdle: Holding2 min
  5. P1 13:17NSHSteve Sullivan: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 5:56FLAKenndal McArdle: Charging2 min
  7. P2 11:46NSHPatric Hornqvist: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 15:03FLAKenndal McArdle: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 18:08FLADennis Wideman: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Santorelli won the faceoff against Smithson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANSH
22Shots on goal27
1.6Expected goals2.2
45Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won18
1Power plays4
12Penalty minutes6
18Hits17
17Blocked shots8
7Giveaways11
5Takeaways7

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. bestBernier – Booth – Santorelli9:30

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Weiss – Frolik – Matthias8:27

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Reasoner – Matthias – Dadonov3:19

    xG 0.01–0.02 (42%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Reinprecht – Hordichuk – Thomas5:48

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Garrison11:31

    xG 0.35–0.08 (81%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Kulikov12:30

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Ellerby11:30

    xG 0.44–0.38 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDumont – Hornqvist – Spaling9:18

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Smithson – Ward – Tootoo8:54

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Sullivan – O'Reilly – Wilson9:40

    xG 0.05–0.22 (20%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Goc – Kostitsyn9:44

    xG 0.20–0.48 (29%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber13:42

    xG 0.51–0.22 (70%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. O'Brien – Franson13:10

    xG 0.38–0.28 (57%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Bouillon – Klein13:18

    xG 0.15–0.69 (18%)attempts 4–13goals 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.

NSH 2.2 xGFLA 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1197 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (NSH − 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).