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Mon, Jan 20, 2014·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Florida Panthers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1711239528
PIT014010112136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:46FLADrew ShoreSHAssists: Scott Clemmensen · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:34FLADrew ShoreGWGAssists: Jesse Winchester, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:17FLADmitry KulikovAssists: Jesse Winchester, Marcel Goc · Backhand, 0.16 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:11PITMatt NiskanenAssists: Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:50FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:02FLAShawn MatthiasAssists: Jesse Winchester, Mike Weaver · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 15:08FLATom Gilbert: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:51FLAEd Jovanovski: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:51PITTanner Glass: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:32PITTanner Glass: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:47PITSidney Crosby: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 10:42PITChris Kunitz: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 15:41FLAScottie Upshall: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 3:16PITSidney Crosby: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:16FLAMike Weaver: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:35PITBrooks Orpik: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 9:35FLASean Bergenheim: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 18:26FLAScottie Upshall: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPIT
28Shots on goal36
3.6Expected goals3.2
55Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
12Penalty minutes12
15Hits28
12Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
3Takeaways1

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. bestBoyes – Bergenheim – Barkov13:01

    xG 1.19–0.21 (85%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Fleischmann – Upshall – Bjugstad5:54

    xG 0.79–0.51 (61%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Upshall – Bjugstad – Huberdeau2:06

    xG 0.11–0.11 (49%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Matthias – Hayes – Shore4:56

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert12:42

    xG 0.88–0.13 (87%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Gudbranson2:02

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov14:11

    xG 1.13–1.25 (47%)attempts 13–15goals 3–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Malkin – Neal5:37

    xG 0.91–0.80 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Glass – Sutter5:03

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Glass – Sutter2:52

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Kunitz – Crosby2:21

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Maatta11:22

    xG 1.08–0.62 (64%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2

  2. Scuderi – Orpik2:15

    xG 0.28–0.19 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Martin12:34

    xG 0.64–0.96 (40%)attempts 13–11goals 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.

PIT 3.2 xGFLA 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #886 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 56% of the time.

PIT winsFLA wins

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

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