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Tue, Oct 21, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

Florida Panthers 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 65% of the time.

COL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA2141140711436
COL0103170600333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:43FLABrandon PirriAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:03FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:51COLTyson BarriePPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:22COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Nick Holden · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:41COLAlex TanguayAssists: Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:41FLASean BergenheimAssists: Dylan Olsen, Nick Bjugstad · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:23FLABrad BoyesPPGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Jussi Jokinen · Slap, 0.16 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 9:02FLABrad Boyes: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:01FLAErik Gudbranson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:57FLAScottie Upshall: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P2 16:13COLMarc-Andre Cliche: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 16:13FLADerek MacKenzie: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:01FLASean Bergenheim: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 2:05COLDaniel Brière: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:36FLANick Bjugstad: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. OT 1:26COLBrad Stuart: Tripping2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACOL
36Shots on goal33
3.5Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts53
38Faceoffs won38
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
14Hits28
9Blocked shots11
2Giveaways6
11Takeaways9

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. bestUpshall – Bjugstad – Huberdeau10:12

    xG 1.14–0.22 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Kopecky6:14

    xG 0.63–0.06 (91%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Fleischmann – Pirri8:20

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Boyes – Bergenheim – Barkov13:28

    xG 0.37–0.97 (27%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Kulikov17:42

    xG 2.08–0.09 (96%)attempts 24–6goals 0–0

  2. Olsen – Gudbranson11:02

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad16:57

    xG 0.50–1.19 (30%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon10:53

    xG 1.01–0.57 (64%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  2. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche5:12

    xG 0.06–0.12 (35%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Mitchell – McLeod2:15

    xG 0.00–0.36 (1%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Mitchell – McGinn7:59

    xG 0.25–0.66 (28%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Wilson2:12

    xG 0.04–0.03 (56%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Holden2:40

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Barrie2:41

    xG 0.07–0.18 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

COL 2.6 xGFLA 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #152 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 65% of the time.

COL winsFLA wins

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

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