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Sat, Jan 4, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Nashville Predators 4, Florida Panthers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 51% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH110112216041442
FLA21017111012529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:32NSHCraig SmithAssists: Nick Spaling, David Legwand · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:03FLABrad BoyesAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Tom Gilbert · Tip-in, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:56FLATomas KopeckyAssists: Marcel Goc, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:32NSHMike FisherAssists: Colin Wilson · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:29FLASean BergenheimAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Brad Boyes · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:34FLAMarcel GocAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:52NSHSeth JonesAssists: Roman Josi, Shea Weber · Snap, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:12NSHPaul GaustadAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Shea Weber · Backhand, 0.30 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Craig Smith stopped
  2. 2. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  3. 3. NSH David Legwand scored
  4. 4. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  5. 5. NSH Colin Wilson stopped
  6. 6. FLA Brad Boyes stopped
  7. 7. NSH Matt Hendricks stopped
  8. 8. FLA Nick Bjugstad stopped
  9. 9. NSH Patric Hornqvist stopped
  10. 10. FLA Dmitry Kulikov stopped
  11. 11. NSH Gabriel Bourque stopped
  12. 12. FLA Tomas Kopecky scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 8:05FLABrian Campbell: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 9:24NSHNick Spaling: Interference2 min
  3. P3 10:26NSHMike Fisher: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 15:59FLATomas Fleischmann: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← NSH attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Legwand
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHFLA
42Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
36Hits26
8Blocked shots5
2Giveaways3
11Takeaways10

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaustad – Nystrom – Stalberg9:28

    xG 0.24–0.04 (85%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Hendricks – Bourque9:38

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Fisher – Hornqvist – Wilson12:27

    xG 0.50–0.74 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  4. Legwand – Spaling – Smith11:46

    xG 0.50–0.82 (38%)attempts 10–9goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Ellis11:46

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Josi20:17

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  3. Ekholm – Jones14:57

    xG 0.83–1.14 (42%)attempts 14–12goals 1–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Bergenheim – Barkov13:37

    xG 1.16–0.36 (76%)attempts 17–8goals 2–2

  2. Kopecky – Goc – Huberdeau14:25

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  3. Barch – Matthias – Hayes6:42

    xG 0.04–0.25 (13%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Fleischmann – Upshall – Bjugstad12:51

    xG 0.23–0.59 (28%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert19:13

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

  2. Jovanovski – Petrovic9:10

    xG 0.64–0.56 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 3–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov17:14

    xG 0.61–0.54 (53%)attempts 15–12goals 0–2

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 2.7 xGNSH 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #42 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.57 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 51% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

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

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