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Fri, Feb 25, 2011·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Florida Panthers 2, Atlanta Thrashers 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 62% of the time.

ATL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA1701409022232
ATL013114014051146

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:13FLAMarty ReasonerAssists: Radek Dvorak, Chris Higgins · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:12ATLBlake WheelerAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ATL Bryan Little stopped
  2. 2. FLA Mike Santorelli scored
  3. 3. ATL Blake Wheeler scored
  4. 4. FLA David Booth stopped
  5. 5. ATL Andrew Ladd stopped
  6. 6. FLA Stephen Weiss stopped
  7. 7. ATL Niclas Bergfors stopped
  8. 8. FLA Michal Repik stopped
  9. 9. ATL Nik Antropov stopped
  10. 10. FLA Marty Reasoner stopped
  11. 11. ATL Evander Kane stopped
  12. 12. FLA Steve Bernier scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:32ATLJohnny Oduya: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:09FLAScott Timmins: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:23ATLEric Boulton: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:28ATLEvander Kane: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:09FLAMichal Repik: Interference2 min
  6. P3 6:35FLADavid Booth: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 13:01ATLBlake Wheeler: Holding2 min
  8. OT 4:54ATLZach Bogosian: Holding the stick2 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 Antropov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAATL
32Shots on goal46
3.0Expected goals2.3
48Shot attempts76
27Faceoffs won42
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
21Hits24
20Blocked shots11
6Giveaways6
11Takeaways16

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 – Santorelli – Timmins9:05

    xG 0.95–0.19 (84%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Reasoner – Booth9:31

    xG 0.69–0.23 (74%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Dvorak – Reasoner – Thomas2:08

    xG 0.09–0.03 (76%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Thomas – Repik4:16

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Sulzer12:25

    xG 0.92–0.27 (77%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison11:59

    xG 0.60–0.16 (79%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Weaver2:29

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestModin – Thorburn – Bergfors2:28

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Modin – Thorburn – Stapleton2:24

    xG 0.07–0.08 (48%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Antropov – Stewart – Kane8:21

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little12:13

    xG 0.61–1.03 (37%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Oduya – Stuart11:58

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Bogosian13:15

    xG 0.54–0.63 (46%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien13:49

    xG 0.40–0.75 (35%)attempts 13–15goals 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 2.3 xGFLA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 44/100 · #656 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Florida Panthers win this game 62% 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).