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Tue, Dec 1, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Florida Panthers 3, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 74% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0431108323
STL03110017130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:18FLABrandon PirriAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Willie Mitchell · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:31FLADerek MacKenzieGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:52STLDavid BackesAssists: Robby Fabbri, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:41FLADerek MacKenzieUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:54STLVladimir Tarasenko: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:55FLABrandon Pirri: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:52FLADave Bolland: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 19:16FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Holding2 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 SOG0STL
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASTL
23Shots on goal30
2.6Expected goals1.5
39Shot attempts62
27Faceoffs won40
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
19Hits13
16Blocked shots8
3Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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. bestJagr – Pirri – Barkov13:47

    xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Howden3:54

    xG 0.21–0.05 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 2–0

  3. MacKenzie – Jokinen – Howden2:33

    xG 0.02–0.05 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Trocheck – Huberdeau14:41

    xG 0.31–0.45 (41%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Ekblad14:37

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Campbell16:28

    xG 0.42–0.40 (51%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson15:49

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 7–15goals 2–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Backes – Brouwer4:17

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Upshall – Backes – Fabbri6:04

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Stastny – Paajarvi – Tarasenko3:39

    xG 0.16–0.18 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Lehtera – Paajarvi6:02

    xG 0.08–0.10 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Parayko9:37

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Shattenkirk3:51

    xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Parayko2:25

    xG 0.07–0.02 (73%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

STL 1.5 xGFLA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #994 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 74% of the time.

STL winsFLA wins

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

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