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Tue, Mar 1, 2011·RBC Center, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 84% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA07117018142
CAR280905222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:25CARCory StillmanAssists: Erik Cole, Joni Pitkanen · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:55CAREric StaalPPGWGAssists: Cory Stillman, Joe Corvo · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:58FLAStephen WeissAssists: David Booth, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:29CARTroy Bodie: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:29FLAHugh Jessiman: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:40FLADarcy Hordichuk: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:43CAREric Staal: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:20FLAMichal Repik: 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 SOG0CAR
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Santorelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
42Shots on goal22
4.5Expected goals2.2
80Shot attempts52
31Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
15Hits26
13Blocked shots20
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways9

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 – McArdle – Repik12:51

    xG 1.43–0.27 (84%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Samsonov – Bernier – Santorelli11:35

    xG 0.78–0.26 (75%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Jessiman – Booth – Timmins2:30

    xG 0.46–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Booth – Bergfors12:39

    xG 0.65–0.33 (66%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCallahan – Ellerby18:01

    xG 1.88–0.22 (89%)attempts 30–16goals 0–0

  2. Sulzer – Kulikov13:35

    xG 1.00–0.27 (79%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Garrison14:27

    xG 1.06–0.52 (67%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Dwyer – Bodie – Samson6:00

    xG 0.03–0.13 (18%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – LaRose – Skinner12:25

    xG 0.78–1.04 (43%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Stillman – Cole – Staal16:36

    xG 0.54–1.03 (34%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

  4. Jokinen – Tlusty – Sutter12:08

    xG 0.24–1.38 (15%)attempts 9–22goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Corvo – Gleason18:09

    xG 0.86–1.28 (40%)attempts 22–30goals 0–1

  2. Pitkanen – McBain19:06

    xG 0.72–1.25 (37%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Harrison13:21

    xG 0.08–1.41 (5%)attempts 7–18goals 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.

CAR 2.2 xGFLA 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1045 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 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, Florida Panthers win this game 84% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

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