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Sat, Dec 10, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Vancouver Canucks 2, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 86% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN08015216239
FLA112119211442

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:22FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Seth Griffith · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:35FLADerek MacKenzieAssists: Paul Thompson, Colton Sceviour · Tip-in, 0.25 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:05FLAAaron EkbladGWGAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Aleksander Barkov · Backhand, 0.24 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:06VANJack SkilleAssists: Michael Chaput · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:45VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Troy Stecher, Henrik Sedin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:12FLAVincent TrocheckENAssists: Derek MacKenzie, Mark Pysyk · Wrist, 0.69 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:26VANAlex Biega: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:03FLAPaul Thompson: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 12:12FLAAleksander Barkov: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:42FLAReilly Smith: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:13VANDaniel Sedin: Holding2 min
  6. P3 11:13FLAPaul Thompson: Slashing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANFLA
39Shots on goal42
2.4Expected goals5.2
61Shot attempts62
35Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
15Hits20
7Blocked shots10
5Giveaways7
9Takeaways6

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. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson5:13

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Granlund – Megna2:43

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Chaput – Gaunce8:36

    xG 0.44–0.60 (42%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  4. Eriksson – Granlund – Megna8:09

    xG 0.31–0.48 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Biega – Tryamkin14:25

    xG 0.47–0.88 (35%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Stecher11:44

    xG 0.32–0.78 (29%)attempts 10–13goals 0–2

  3. Gudbranson – Hutton14:49

    xG 0.36–0.90 (29%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Griffith – Barkov14:26

    xG 1.45–0.17 (89%)attempts 19–6goals 2–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck10:08

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Bjugstad – Rau9:09

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Thornton – MacKenzie – Thompson6:18

    xG 0.10–0.47 (18%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Ekblad9:56

    xG 0.84–0.26 (76%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Demers – Ekblad2:06

    xG 0.62–0.05 (92%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Demers6:37

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

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 5.2 xGVAN 2.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #419 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 86% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).