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Thu, Dec 17, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

Florida Panthers 5, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA2611426526
NJD060713116

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:32FLAJussi JokinenPPAssists: Brandon Pirri, Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:00FLADmitry KulikovGWGAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Brian Campbell · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:42FLABrandon PirriAssists: Corban Knight, Logan Shaw · Snap, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P3 7:28FLAReilly SmithAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jussi Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.26 xG4–0
  5. P3 13:38NJDSergey KalininPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, David Schlemko · Tip-in, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:16FLALogan ShawENAssists: Brandon Pirri, Corban Knight · Slap, 0.63 xG5–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:59FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:36NJDTyler Kennedy: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 8:41NJDLee Stempniak: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 12:28FLAAaron Ekblad: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:25NJDAdam Larsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:11FLADylan Olsen: Interference2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANJD
26Shots on goal16
2.6Expected goals1.0
33Shot attempts26
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits20
5Blocked shots2
1Giveaways5
5Takeaways0

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 – Howden – Grimaldi10:27

    xG 0.51–0.07 (88%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck10:42

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Pirri – Knight – Shaw10:54

    xG 0.20–0.05 (82%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov12:03

    xG 0.55–0.41 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Campbell13:59

    xG 0.85–0.01 (99%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Olsen – Gudbranson12:13

    xG 0.25–0.10 (72%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Ekblad15:32

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTlusty – Palmieri – Josefson4:09

    xG 0.27–0.08 (76%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Palmieri – Kalinin2:53

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – Tlusty – Josefson2:35

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Tootoo – Gionta7:26

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Merrill – Severson3:37

    xG 0.02–0.07 (25%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Larsson15:52

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Schlemko – Merrill11:31

    xG 0.14–0.40 (26%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

NJD 1.0 xGFLA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1040 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 82% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

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

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