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Tue, Feb 24, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 67% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA0808216040236
CHI115112010012338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:25CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Marian Hossa, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:28CHIKris VersteegAssists: Patrick Sharp, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:23FLAJussi JokinenAssists: Brad Boyes, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:31FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Steven Kampfer · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  2. 2. FLA Vincent Trocheck stopped
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Sharp scored
  4. 4. FLA Nick Bjugstad stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:49FLAAlexander Petrovic: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:10CHIBryan Bickell: Penalty shot throwing object at puck0 min
  3. P2 11:58CHIMarian Hossa: Interference2 min
  4. P2 16:21FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:21FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:21CHIBrad Richards: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:36FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 19:36CHIMarian Hossa: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 2:37CHIMichal Rozsival: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 8:49FLAShawn Thornton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. OT 5:00CHIJonathan Toews: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
36Shots on goal38
2.6Expected goals3.6
55Shot attempts64
35Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
34Hits18
16Blocked shots14
1Giveaways4
4Takeaways8

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. bestThornton – MacKenzie – Wilson7:12

    xG 0.33–0.12 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Boyes – Huberdeau – Barkov9:25

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Jokinen – Barkov2:32

    xG 0.17–0.19 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Fleischmann – Upshall – Trocheck10:04

    xG 0.26–0.34 (44%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kampfer – Petrovic12:05

    xG 0.66–0.80 (45%)attempts 16–14goals 2–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad17:03

    xG 0.34–0.50 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Gudbranson14:59

    xG 0.32–0.53 (37%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Saad9:59

    xG 0.87–0.02 (98%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Sharp – Versteeg8:42

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  3. Smith – Kruger – Nordstrom10:20

    xG 0.40–0.36 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Bickell – Versteeg – Shaw2:19

    xG 0.01–0.04 (21%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson17:33

    xG 1.13–0.40 (74%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Cumiskey11:28

    xG 0.66–0.29 (70%)attempts 17–7goals 1–1

  3. Rozsival – Keith2:27

    xG 0.07–0.10 (40%)attempts 1–5goals 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.

CHI 3.6 xGFLA 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #351 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 67% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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