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Sun, Jan 11, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Florida Panthers 4, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA11111026427
EDM09114110233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:01FLAJimmy HayesAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:07EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:56FLABrian CampbellAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Jussi Jokinen · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:08FLATomas KopeckyGWGAssists: Derek MacKenzie, Scottie Upshall · Snap, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:40EDMBenoit PouliotAssists: Derek Roy, Nikita Nikitin · Snap, 0.26 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:28FLASean BergenheimAssists: Tomas Fleischmann · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 18:49FLADmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 2:06EDMMark Fayne: Interference2 min
  3. P3 8:21EDMAndrew Ference: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 10:23EDMMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 10:23FLAErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 19:31FLAErik Gudbranson: Boarding2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAEDM
27Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals2.0
48Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
17Hits24
12Blocked shots6
13Giveaways16
7Takeaways15

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. bestMacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall9:04

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Hayes – Bjugstad11:28

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  3. Boyes – Pirri – Huberdeau10:29

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Fleischmann – Bergenheim – Bolland10:36

    xG 0.45–0.71 (39%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOlsen – Gudbranson11:40

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Kulikov15:41

    xG 0.69–0.63 (52%)attempts 10–20goals 1–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad15:37

    xG 0.41–0.35 (53%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins15:16

    xG 0.89–0.33 (73%)attempts 20–7goals 1–1

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer10:22

    xG 0.06–0.25 (18%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

  3. Purcell – Lander – Fraser9:39

    xG 0.18–0.52 (26%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Pouliot – Yakupov10:54

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Klefbom19:23

    xG 0.92–0.85 (52%)attempts 24–17goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Fayne12:48

    xG 0.12–0.37 (25%)attempts 7–9goals 0–2

  3. Ference – Petry14:46

    xG 0.29–0.57 (33%)attempts 12–12goals 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.

EDM 2.0 xGFLA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #622 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50EDM 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 57% of the time.

EDM winsFLA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).