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Sat, Feb 25, 2012·RBC Center, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA019011212022344
CAR1911008011228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:01CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Eric Staal, Jerome Samson · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:32CARJussi JokinenAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:58FLATomas FleischmannAssists: Kris Versteeg, Keaton Ellerby · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:13FLAWojtek WolskiAssists: Shawn Matthias, Jason Garrison · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Jussi Jokinen stopped
  2. 2. FLA Mikael Samuelsson scored
  3. 3. CAR Jeff Skinner scored
  4. 4. FLA Wojtek Wolski stopped
  5. 5. CAR Jiri Tlusty stopped
  6. 6. FLA Stephen Weiss scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:44CARTim Gleason: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:49FLAKrys Barch: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:12FLAErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 2:09CARBryan Allen: Slashing2 min
  5. OT 2:51FLAErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  6. OT 2:51CAREric Staal: Roughing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopecky won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
44Shots on goal28
3.7Expected goals2.9
81Shot attempts49
26Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits23
14Blocked shots19
5Giveaways5
13Takeaways14

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. bestSamuelsson – Kopecky – Bergenheim5:48

    xG 0.89–0.30 (75%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Barch – Smithson – Skille2:38

    xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg5:31

    xG 0.11–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Fleischmann – Versteeg5:01

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 8–2goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Garrison20:47

    xG 1.67–0.46 (78%)attempts 39–11goals 0–0

  2. Jovanovski – Gudbranson12:57

    xG 0.65–0.51 (56%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Ellerby12:59

    xG 0.52–0.66 (44%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Bowman – Skinner11:56

    xG 0.68–0.24 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Brent – Nodl – Sutter8:49

    xG 0.49–0.09 (84%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Tlusty – Samson12:55

    xG 0.41–1.49 (22%)attempts 7–24goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpacek – McBain12:47

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Allen – Gleason15:49

    xG 0.33–0.47 (42%)attempts 10–20goals 1–2

  3. Harrison – Faulk15:43

    xG 0.76–1.50 (34%)attempts 10–27goals 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 2.9 xGFLA 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #365 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

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