Skip to content
Ice Lab

Mon, Dec 20, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Florida Panthers 5, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 87% of the time.

PHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA210214110534
PHI0808010026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:27FLABill ThomasGWGAssists: Steve Reinprecht, Tomas Vokoun · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:16FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Bryan McCabe, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:53FLAShawn MatthiasAssists: Marty Reasoner, Evgenii Dadonov · Backhand, 0.43 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:12FLAMike SantorelliAssists: Steve Bernier · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–0
  5. P3 11:35FLADmitry KulikovAssists: Bryan McCabe, Stephen Weiss · Snap, 0.02 xG5–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:57PHISean O'Donnell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 13:59PHIMike Richards: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 19:17PHIAndreas Nodl: Holding2 min
  4. P3 5:40FLADmitry Kulikov: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:51PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPHI
34Shots on goal26
4.4Expected goals1.8
60Shot attempts57
35Faceoffs won27
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
16Hits26
14Blocked shots13
5Giveaways6
8Takeaways4

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. bestReasoner – Matthias – Dadonov11:39

    xG 1.91–0.14 (93%)attempts 18–6goals 2–0

  2. Bernier – Booth – Santorelli10:10

    xG 0.85–0.50 (63%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  3. Weiss – Higgins – Frolik13:25

    xG 0.68–0.54 (56%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  4. Reinprecht – Hordichuk – Thomas5:06

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Kulikov13:41

    xG 2.01–0.56 (78%)attempts 19–14goals 3–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison17:49

    xG 0.89–0.32 (74%)attempts 19–21goals 2–0

  3. Allen – Wideman13:59

    xG 0.93–0.55 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestZherdev – Carter – van Riemsdyk11:06

    xG 0.64–0.50 (56%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Betts – Carcillo – Powe4:02

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  3. Brière – Hartnell – Leino9:37

    xG 0.23–1.00 (19%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Giroux – Nodl11:17

    xG 0.27–1.55 (15%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Meszaros14:32

    xG 0.64–0.40 (61%)attempts 24–8goals 0–2

  2. Timonen – Coburn15:44

    xG 0.42–0.69 (38%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Carle2:35

    xG 0.05–0.97 (5%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

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.

PHI 1.8 xGFLA 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 4/100 · #1169 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 87% of the time.

PHI winsFLA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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