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Sat, Oct 24, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Florida Panthers 6, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA2921328630
DAL11001619235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:59DALJamie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:03FLAJaromir JagrAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Willie Mitchell · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:18FLANick BjugstadAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:22FLAAaron EkbladGWGAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:59FLADave BollandAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Jussi Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 4:01DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:32FLAReilly SmithAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Snap, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P3 16:55FLAQuinton HowdenAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Derek MacKenzie · Backhand, 0.16 xG6–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:51FLAAlexander Petrovic: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:14FLAShawn Thornton: Interference2 min
  3. P1 2:17DALJason Spezza: Interference2 min
  4. P1 16:47FLABrandon Pirri: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 11:55FLAErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 11:55DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 12:07DALValeri Nichushkin: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:16FLAConnor Brickley: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 9:40DALJamie Oleksiak: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 9:40FLAAlexander Petrovic: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADAL
30Shots on goal35
3.2Expected goals2.6
64Shot attempts67
32Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
19Hits24
22Blocked shots14
9Giveaways20
7Takeaways6

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. bestJokinen – Bolland – Smith11:43

    xG 0.52–0.14 (79%)attempts 9–17goals 2–0

  2. MacKenzie – Howden – Trocheck2:52

    xG 0.19–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Jagr – Bjugstad – Huberdeau10:27

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  4. Pirri – Howden – Trocheck8:50

    xG 0.37–0.60 (38%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Gudbranson13:41

    xG 1.02–0.67 (60%)attempts 16–18goals 3–0

  2. Kulikov – Petrovic13:34

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad15:20

    xG 0.72–0.72 (50%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Sceviour – Faksa7:16

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Janmark – Nichushkin9:28

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  3. Fiddler – Faksa – Nichushkin2:08

    xG 0.14–0.00 (99%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Benn – Seguin14:39

    xG 0.68–0.71 (49%)attempts 18–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Oleksiak13:27

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 15–13goals 0–2

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg17:01

    xG 0.89–1.01 (47%)attempts 21–17goals 1–4

  3. Oduya – Benn11:44

    xG 0.19–0.61 (24%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

DAL 2.6 xGFLA 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #570 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 61% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

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

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