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Tue, Dec 12, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 55% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA091171803237
CHI190511212328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:49CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Jonathan Toews · Slap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:12FLANick BjugstadAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Mark Pysyk · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:53FLAJamie McGinnAssists: Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:58CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Brandon Saad, Alex DeBrincat · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:24CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:43FLAVincent Trocheck: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:08CHIVinnie Hinostroza: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 14:24FLAAlexander Petrovic: Interference2 min
  4. P2 16:29CHIJohn Hayden: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 7:27FLANick Bjugstad: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 17:07FLAJared McCann: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 17:07CHITommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:07FLAJames Reimer: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:07CHITommy Wingels: Slashing2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
37Shots on goal28
3.9Expected goals3.5
63Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
33Hits31
25Blocked shots16
11Giveaways11
11Takeaways11

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. bestMacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley3:19

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Sceviour – Brickley – McCann3:11

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Dadonov – Trocheck5:06

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  4. Bjugstad – Huberdeau – Barkov11:17

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Weegar11:00

    xG 1.05–0.11 (91%)attempts 22–4goals 1–0

  2. Pysyk – Matheson17:16

    xG 0.52–0.61 (46%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad17:37

    xG 0.10–1.16 (8%)attempts 6–29goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Saad – DeBrincat12:54

    xG 0.72–0.19 (79%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz13:24

    xG 0.72–0.65 (53%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  3. Bouma – Wingels – Hayden5:04

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Hinostroza – Hartman8:44

    xG 0.21–0.62 (25%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Oesterle13:06

    xG 0.45–0.09 (84%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Oesterle2:47

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Murphy – Forsling2:25

    xG 0.11–0.03 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CHI 3.5 xGFLA 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #373 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 55% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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