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Sun, Dec 20, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Vancouver Canucks 4, Florida Panthers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN28214011011434
FLA21321308082542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:32VANJannik HansenAssists: Alex Biega, Jared McCann · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:26FLAShawn ThorntonAssists: Connor Brickley, Rocco Grimaldi · Slap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:29VANSven BaertschiAssists: Bo Horvat, Matt Bartkowski · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:48FLAJaromir JagrPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:38FLAVincent TrocheckUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:09VANDerek DorsettAssists: Adam Cracknell · Wrist, 0.32 xG3–3
  7. P2 8:31FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P2 14:40VANDaniel SedinAssists: Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Brandon Pirri scored
  2. 2. VAN Jared McCann scored
  3. 3. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  4. 4. VAN Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. FLA Aleksander Barkov scored
  6. 6. VAN Sven Baertschi stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:28VANAlexander Edler: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 15:44FLACorban Knight: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:54VANLinden Vey: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:23VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:44FLAVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 4:46VANJannik Hansen: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win54% to win
← VAN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANFLA
34Shots on goal42
1.9Expected goals2.4
46Shot attempts62
38Faceoffs won41
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
31Hits28
9Blocked shots4
1Giveaways1
3Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPrust – Cracknell – Dorsett11:01

    xG 0.82–0.29 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Baertschi – Horvat10:57

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Higgins – Burrows – Vey11:00

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Hansen – McCann10:33

    xG 0.12–0.31 (27%)attempts 9–11goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Hutton14:01

    xG 0.93–0.38 (71%)attempts 15–13goals 2–1

  2. Edler – Tanev15:12

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Bartkowski14:49

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Huberdeau – Barkov14:41

    xG 0.62–0.15 (80%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Brickley – Grimaldi6:53

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck14:33

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  4. Pirri – Knight – Shaw11:10

    xG 0.26–0.74 (26%)attempts 11–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Ekblad16:48

    xG 0.55–0.36 (60%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad4:03

    xG 0.11–0.01 (91%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Kulikov2:11

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

FLA 2.4 xGVAN 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #51 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.67 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 58% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

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

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