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Thu, Oct 22, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 56% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA150519219
CHI1121916327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:02CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:36FLAVincent TrocheckUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:51CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:17CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Brent Seabrook, Corey Crawford · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:24FLAJaromir JagrPPAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Dave Bolland · Wrist, 0.47 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P2 0:13FLAJaromir Jagr: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:33FLASteven Kampfer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:35CHIMarcus Kruger: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:19FLADave Bolland: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:17FLABrian Campbell: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 18:42FLAVincent Trocheck: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:28CHIMarcus Kruger: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:34CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 9:03FLADave Bolland: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 17:39FLAJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:57FLAJussi Jokinen: High sticking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
19Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals2.1
33Shot attempts52
39Faceoffs won38
4Power plays8
16Penalty minutes8
30Hits15
15Blocked shots8
8Giveaways7
5Takeaways4

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. bestPirri – Bjugstad – Trocheck5:28

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Brickley – Howden6:12

    xG 0.02–0.09 (16%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Bolland – Smith7:03

    xG 0.01–0.26 (5%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov9:05

    xG 0.11–0.64 (14%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad14:19

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Gudbranson12:36

    xG 0.12–0.52 (19%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Kampfer – Kulikov10:12

    xG 0.08–0.64 (11%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Tikhonov9:38

    xG 0.61–0.15 (80%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin10:06

    xG 0.46–0.22 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw7:48

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Garbutt – Teravainen – Hinostroza6:27

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk15:39

    xG 0.77–0.14 (85%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Svedberg12:23

    xG 0.48–0.06 (88%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Rundblad10:50

    xG 0.08–0.33 (20%)attempts 5–10goals 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 2.1 xGFLA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 40/100 · #721 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 56% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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