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Thu, Feb 10, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Buffalo Sabres 3, Florida Panthers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 67% of the time.

FLA winsBUF wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BUF08171913327
FLA051121603226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:22BUFMike WeberAssists: Jason Pominville, Jochen Hecht · Snap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:38FLASteve BernierPPAssists: Jason Garrison, Dennis Wideman · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:59BUFThomas VanekAssists: Jason Pominville, Tyler Myers · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:03FLAMarty ReasonerAssists: Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:55BUFTyler MyersGWGAssists: Nathan Gerbe · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:32FLAScott Timmins: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:10BUFCody McCormick: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:10FLADarcy Hordichuk: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 16:59BUFNathan Gerbe: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:59FLABryan Allen: 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.

BUF00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← BUF attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gaustad won the faceoff against Reasoner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BUFFLA
27Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals1.6
51Shot attempts39
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
41Hits51
8Blocked shots14
2Giveaways1
4Takeaways9

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestNiedermayer – Grier – Gaustad14:17

    xG 0.73–0.38 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. McCormick – Gerbe – Byron6:16

    xG 0.25–0.08 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Stafford – Ennis11:47

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  4. Hecht – Pominville – Vanek11:07

    xG 0.16–0.23 (40%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorrisonn – Weber15:47

    xG 0.82–0.22 (79%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Myers17:42

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Leopold – Butler12:52

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Higgins – Skille15:12

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Bernier – Booth – Santorelli13:02

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Reasoner – Olesz14:03

    xG 0.28–0.38 (42%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  4. Hordichuk – Thomas – Timmins2:56

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Kulikov8:43

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Allen – Weaver2:26

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Wideman18:52

    xG 0.45–0.49 (48%)attempts 13–19goals 1–1

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.

FLA 1.6 xGBUF 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLABUF

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #381 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
BUF 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 67% of the time.

FLA winsBUF wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).