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Sat, Nov 22, 2014·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Florida Panthers 2, Nashville Predators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 89% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA04014212000230
NSH014119112051350

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:26NSHColin WilsonAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 13:01NSHMatt CullenAssists: Derek Roy · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:17FLARocco GrimaldiAssists: Brian Campbell, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:29FLANick BjugstadAssists: Jimmy Hayes · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Derek Roy stopped
  2. 2. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  3. 3. NSH Ryan Ellis stopped
  4. 4. FLA Jussi Jokinen stopped
  5. 5. NSH Craig Smith stopped
  6. 6. FLA Nick Bjugstad stopped
  7. 7. NSH Filip Forsberg scored
  8. 8. FLA Brad Boyes stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:39FLAShawn Thornton: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 8:58FLADylan Olsen: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:50NSHShea Weber: Interference2 min
  4. P3 2:17FLAShawn Thornton: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P3 2:46FLADmitry Kulikov: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 5:20NSHSeth Jones: Interference2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANSH
30Shots on goal50
1.3Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts76
23Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
14Hits9
11Blocked shots10
6Giveaways8
13Takeaways10

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. bestBjugstad – Grimaldi – Huberdeau2:32

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Bjugstad – Huberdeau8:08

    xG 0.14–0.26 (35%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Kopecky8:57

    xG 0.07–0.28 (21%)attempts 3–13goals 0–1

  4. Fleischmann – Grimaldi – Barkov7:43

    xG 0.12–0.33 (27%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Olsen – Gudbranson12:31

    xG 0.28–0.56 (33%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad17:36

    xG 0.34–0.72 (32%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Kulikov13:04

    xG 0.09–1.25 (7%)attempts 6–19goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestWilson – Smith – Jarnkrok10:01

    xG 0.92–0.22 (81%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Ribeiro – Neal – Forsberg11:12

    xG 0.59–0.18 (77%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Gaustad – Nystrom – Beck8:12

    xG 0.51–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Jokinen – Roy11:42

    xG 0.47–0.25 (66%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi16:53

    xG 1.57–0.42 (79%)attempts 22–19goals 1–0

  2. Ellis – Ekholm14:59

    xG 0.63–0.05 (92%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  3. Volchenkov – Jones13:04

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 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.

NSH 3.8 xGFLA 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #285 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NSH 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 89% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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