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Thu, Jan 8, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Florida Panthers 3, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1921507331
VAN11101309133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Yannick Weber · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:33FLAJonathan HuberdeauUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:10FLAAleksander BarkovGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:43FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Willie Mitchell · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:29FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:09FLAScottie Upshall: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 18:24VANZack Kassian: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:43VANKevin Bieksa: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 12:43FLAJussi Jokinen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 17:58FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:58VANBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:58FLAJussi Jokinen: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 10:49FLABrian Campbell: Holding2 min
  10. P3 12:10FLADave Bolland: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P3 16:36VANDerek Dorsett: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  12. P3 16:36VANDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 16:36FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Roughing2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAVAN
31Shots on goal33
3.7Expected goals2.7
47Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won23
2Power plays6
18Penalty minutes10
14Hits10
14Blocked shots9
12Giveaways9
7Takeaways3

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 – Huberdeau – Barkov8:57

    xG 1.16–0.22 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 3–0

  2. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall6:29

    xG 0.76–0.03 (96%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Hayes – Bjugstad8:59

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Fleischmann – Bergenheim – Bolland9:13

    xG 0.32–0.59 (35%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad13:43

    xG 1.72–0.60 (74%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. O'Brien – Olsen8:34

    xG 0.46–0.21 (69%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Kulikov13:27

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Matthias – Kassian8:00

    xG 0.47–0.27 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Hansen – Dorsett – Horvat3:55

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Bonino – Vey3:25

    xG 0.06–0.33 (14%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows10:18

    xG 0.36–0.82 (31%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Stanton11:38

    xG 0.61–0.40 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Sbisa – Tanev2:19

    xG 0.04–0.09 (31%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Stanton – Tanev2:23

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGFLA 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #936 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

VAN winsFLA wins

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

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