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Thu, Feb 28, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Buffalo Sabres 4, Florida Panthers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 78% of the time.

FLA winsBUF wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BUF3110508012425
FLA29016114040343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30BUFNathan GerbeAssists: Steve Ott, Tyler Ennis · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:00BUFTyler EnnisPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:24FLADrew ShorePPAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Brian Campbell · Backhand, 0.29 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:20FLAMarcel GocAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Jack Skille · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P1 16:46BUFNathan GerbeAssists: Steve Ott, Mike Weber · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:34FLABrian CampbellAssists: Marcel Goc · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  2. 2. BUF Thomas Vanek scored
  3. 3. FLA Peter Mueller stopped
  4. 4. BUF Jason Pominville scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:47BUFJohn Scott: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:47FLAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:51FLADrew Shore: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:43BUFAdam Pardy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:48BUFMike Weber: Interference2 min
  6. P1 19:48FLATomas Kopecky: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 7:25BUFThomas Vanek: Interference2 min
  8. P3 5:25BUFAdam Pardy: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 11:33BUFAdam Pardy: 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.

BUF00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← BUF attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Shore won the faceoff against Ennis
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BUFFLA
25Shots on goal43
1.8Expected goals3.4
39Shot attempts71
27Faceoffs won35
1Power plays4
15Penalty minutes9
33Hits27
13Blocked shots10
2Giveaways8
3Takeaways10

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. Kaleta – Scott – Grigorenko2:13

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Porter – Kaleta2:52

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Gerbe – Ennis12:37

    xG 0.37–0.46 (45%)attempts 6–11goals 2–0

  4. Pominville – Vanek – Hodgson12:05

    xG 0.52–0.76 (41%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ehrhoff – Myers17:41

    xG 0.50–0.59 (46%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

  2. Pardy – Weber11:15

    xG 0.16–0.55 (22%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Regehr – Sekera17:29

    xG 0.63–1.09 (37%)attempts 15–20goals 0–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestGoc – Fleischmann – Skille11:08

    xG 0.72–0.11 (87%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Mueller – Shore – Huberdeau12:16

    xG 0.95–0.34 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

  3. Parros – Smithson – Santorelli2:52

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Weiss – Matthias10:29

    xG 0.11–0.46 (19%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Kulikov3:28

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Campbell5:07

    xG 0.46–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Strachan10:11

    xG 0.40–0.05 (90%)attempts 14–3goals 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.

FLA 3.4 xGBUF 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 93/100 · #57 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.51 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
BUF 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 78% of the time.

FLA winsBUF wins

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

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