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Sat, Nov 25, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% of the time.

FLA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI22121008439
FLA07119012138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:25CHIJohn HaydenAssists: Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:35CHIBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:06FLAJared McCannAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:03CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:08CHIJonathan ToewsUnassisted · Slap, 0.10 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:51CHINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 17:53FLAIan McCoshen: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 11:12CHIPatrick Kane: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIFLA
39Shots on goal38
3.1Expected goals3.2
61Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
8Hits20
11Blocked shots17
12Giveaways19
3Takeaways8

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Panik – Saad15:23

    xG 1.60–0.07 (96%)attempts 26–4goals 2–0

  2. Bouma – Wingels – Hayden11:17

    xG 0.71–0.56 (56%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Sharp – Hartman – DeBrincat10:42

    xG 0.35–0.84 (30%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz13:20

    xG 0.18–0.67 (21%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Franson17:49

    xG 1.06–0.44 (70%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Forsling – Rutta18:17

    xG 1.39–1.25 (53%)attempts 20–23goals 2–1

  3. Seabrook – Murphy15:45

    xG 0.52–0.65 (44%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Bjugstad – Trocheck6:50

    xG 0.88–0.17 (84%)attempts 14–3goals 0–1

  2. Sceviour – McCann – Haapala7:32

    xG 0.59–0.39 (60%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov14:48

    xG 0.64–0.53 (55%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Sceviour – McCann3:41

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – McCoshen14:53

    xG 1.21–0.16 (89%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad17:53

    xG 0.64–0.88 (42%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson15:57

    xG 0.10–1.55 (6%)attempts 7–23goals 0–3

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.

FLA 3.2 xGCHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #915 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 54% of the time.

FLA winsCHI wins

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

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