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Thu, Oct 15, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Buffalo Sabres 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsBUF wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BUF0711217226
FLA2140619329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:52FLAJaromir JagrPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Nick Bjugstad · Slap, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:34FLAJaromir JagrUnassisted · Wrist, 0.00 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:10BUFJake McCabeAssists: Marcus Foligno, Nicolas Deslauriers · Slap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:24FLAAleksander BarkovPPGWGAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.45 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:35BUFTyler EnnisPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Rasmus Ristolainen · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:22BUFMike Weber: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:46BUFJosh Gorges: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:23FLADave Bolland: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:40FLAWillie Mitchell: Interference2 min
  5. P2 1:56FLAReilly Smith: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 4:27FLAErik Gudbranson: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 2:49BUFMark Pysyk: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:16BUFMatt Moulson: Holding2 min
  9. P3 8:50FLAVincent Trocheck: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 9:14BUFJamie McGinn: Interference2 min
  11. P3 11:44FLAAaron Ekblad: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

BUF00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win54% to win
← BUF attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Eichel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BUFFLA
26Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals4.1
42Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won39
6Power plays5
10Penalty minutes12
29Hits31
5Blocked shots9
1Giveaways4
4Takeaways4

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Kane – Eichel9:06

    xG 0.77–0.18 (81%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Moulson – McGinn – Larsson4:21

    xG 0.40–0.04 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Ennis – O'Reilly – Girgensons8:24

    xG 0.24–0.18 (56%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Deslauriers – Reinhart3:05

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Ristolainen13:10

    xG 1.22–0.17 (88%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Pysyk – McCabe10:57

    xG 0.24–0.18 (56%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  3. Franson – Weber13:00

    xG 0.25–0.55 (31%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Huberdeau – Barkov9:08

    xG 0.27–0.01 (95%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Brickley – Howden7:02

    xG 0.14–0.28 (33%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Pirri – Bjugstad8:15

    xG 0.15–0.32 (31%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Bolland – Trocheck9:47

    xG 0.19–0.58 (24%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Petrovic14:23

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad11:28

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Mitchell – Gudbranson13:27

    xG 0.31–1.31 (19%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

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.

FLA 4.1 xGBUF 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLABUF

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #817 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
BUF 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 73% of the time.

FLA winsBUF wins

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

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