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Tue, Oct 15, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Florida Panthers 3, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 72% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA092818325
NSH1619215430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:23NSHShea WeberAssists: Mike Fisher, Colin Wilson · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:16FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Scott Gomez, Mike Weaver · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:48NSHMike FisherAssists: Craig Smith, Seth Jones · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:30FLAMarcel GocAssists: Jesse Winchester, Shawn Matthias · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:22NSHCraig SmithAssists: Gabriel Bourque, Shea Weber · Backhand, 0.31 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:13NSHPatric HornqvistPPGWGAssists: David Legwand, Filip Forsberg · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:37FLAMatt GilroyAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:36NSHCraig Smith: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:55FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 4:19FLAMatt Gilroy: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goc won the faceoff against Gaustad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANSH
25Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
15Hits19
11Blocked shots12
8Giveaways7
3Takeaways12

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. Barch – Kopecky – Bjugstad5:29

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Goc – Matthias – Winchester9:07

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Kopecky – Goc – Matthias2:51

    xG 0.05–0.11 (32%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Versteeg – Huberdeau12:23

    xG 0.32–0.93 (25%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert13:58

    xG 0.58–0.23 (72%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Gilroy2:54

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  3. Weaver – Kulikov14:22

    xG 0.49–0.98 (34%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Smith – Bourque9:15

    xG 0.70–0.03 (96%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Fisher – Hornqvist – Wilson12:03

    xG 0.86–0.36 (70%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Hendricks – Gaustad – Stalberg4:06

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Stalberg – Forsberg2:10

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Jones17:04

    xG 1.37–0.24 (85%)attempts 20–11goals 3–1

  2. Klein – Ekholm19:21

    xG 0.59–0.55 (52%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

  3. Bartley – Ellis13:02

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

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.

NSH 2.8 xGFLA 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #390 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 72% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).