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Mon, Apr 4, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Florida Panthers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 77% of the time.

TOR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA09317110436
TOR0707312326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:34FLANick BjugstadAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Reilly Smith · Snap, 0.37 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:31FLARocco GrimaldiAssists: Jiri Hudler, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:11FLARocco GrimaldiAssists: Reilly Smith · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:50TORColin GreeningPPAssists: William Nylander, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:54TORTJ BrennanAssists: Rich Clune, Brad Boyes · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:30FLAAleksander BarkovGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 11:53TORColin GreeningAssists: Tyler Bozak, PA Parenteau · Snap, 0.10 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 17:45TORTJ Brennan: Holding2 min
  2. P2 1:55TORKasperi Kapanen: Holding2 min
  3. P2 5:08TORFrank Corrado: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:28TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:23TORRich Clune: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:50FLAErik Gudbranson: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:13FLAJaromir Jagr: 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 SOG0TOR
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gauthier won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATOR
36Shots on goal26
3.4Expected goals1.8
68Shot attempts46
46Faceoffs won30
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
24Hits24
7Blocked shots17
6Giveaways5
14Takeaways13

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 – Bjugstad9:15

    xG 1.24–0.13 (90%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov13:36

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. MacKenzie – Wilson – Howden6:46

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Hudler – Purcell – Grimaldi8:27

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad13:30

    xG 1.40–0.18 (89%)attempts 19–7goals 3–1

  2. Kulikov – Gudbranson12:30

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  3. Kindl – Kampfer12:04

    xG 0.14–0.27 (34%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBozak – Lindberg – Kapanen7:07

    xG 0.38–0.11 (77%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Clune – Froese4:53

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 1–1

  3. Parenteau – Bozak – Lindberg3:49

    xG 0.07–0.02 (74%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Greening – Nylander – Kapanen3:34

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brennan – Campbell9:11

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Marincin – Rielly12:34

    xG 0.21–0.48 (31%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Gardiner – Corrado10:20

    xG 0.23–1.26 (16%)attempts 9–18goals 1–3

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.

TOR 1.8 xGFLA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #348 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 77% of the time.

TOR winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).