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Fri, Dec 18, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA050726218
CAR060909024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:09FLAWillie MitchellGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:39FLAReilly SmithENUnassisted · Snap, 0.55 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:57CARJay McClement: Holding2 min
  2. P2 11:30FLAVincent Trocheck: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P2 15:51CARElias Lindholm: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:00FLACorban Knight: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 13:57CARRon Hainsey: Hooking2 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 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
18Shots on goal24
2.0Expected goals1.8
38Shot attempts52
38Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
12Hits17
15Blocked shots10
3Giveaways10
11Takeaways17

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 – Smith – Trocheck11:22

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Pirri – Knight – Shaw10:55

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Brickley – Howden – Grimaldi5:53

    xG 0.21–0.25 (45%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov13:29

    xG 0.33–0.69 (33%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Campbell14:52

    xG 0.57–0.21 (73%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Ekblad15:05

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson12:54

    xG 0.26–0.47 (36%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom9:24

    xG 0.59–0.04 (93%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe10:31

    xG 0.41–0.33 (56%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Versteeg – Lindholm12:27

    xG 0.50–0.51 (49%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. McClement – Terry – Malone4:18

    xG 0.02–0.21 (7%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk13:24

    xG 0.62–0.34 (64%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Liles – Pesce15:58

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Hanifin11:51

    xG 0.34–0.44 (43%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

CAR 1.8 xGFLA 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1100 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 55% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

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