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Mon, Nov 27, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

Florida Panthers 3, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 59% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01611527338
NJD0307215225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:20FLAAleksander BarkovSHAssists: Mike Matheson · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:20NJDNico HischierAssists: Pavel Zacha · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:07FLAVincent TrocheckUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:19NJDJesper BrattUnassisted · Deflected, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:45FLAJared McCannGWGAssists: Dryden Hunt, Mike Matheson · Backhand, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:57FLAVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:45NJDAndy Greene: Interference2 min
  3. P1 18:57NJDAdam Henrique: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 18:57FLAJamie McGinn: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:27NJDBlake Coleman: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:03FLADenis Malgin: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:53NJDBrian Gibbons: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 17:15NJDTaylor Hall: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:15FLAAaron Ekblad: 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANJD
38Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals2.1
64Shot attempts43
41Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits15
7Blocked shots12
8Giveaways6
10Takeaways7

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. bestMcGinn – Bjugstad – Trocheck7:38

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley6:29

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Barkov – Malgin9:23

    xG 0.33–0.41 (45%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. McCann – Hunt – Haapala7:13

    xG 0.11–0.22 (35%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Pysyk11:51

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Matheson – Weegar14:48

    xG 0.79–0.77 (51%)attempts 22–14goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad16:00

    xG 0.40–0.59 (40%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Zacha – Hischier4:09

    xG 0.45–0.05 (90%)attempts 10–1goals 1–1

  2. Stafford – Zajac – Henrique8:29

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Noesen – Bratt2:43

    xG 0.16–0.09 (63%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Gibbons – Coleman – Noesen6:01

    xG 0.06–0.13 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Severson13:29

    xG 0.62–0.41 (60%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Butcher9:07

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Moore2:37

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 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.

NJD 2.1 xGFLA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #339 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 59% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

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

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