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Tue, Dec 19, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Florida Panthers 3, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 82% of the time.

ARI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0717212326
ARI1231909241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:51ARIChristian FischerAssists: Clayton Keller, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:14ARIDerek StepanAssists: Brendan Perlini, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:50FLANick BjugstadAssists: Derek MacKenzie · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:37FLADenis MalginAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:41FLAMike MathesonGWGAssists: Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:13FLADerek MacKenzie: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 13:47FLAKeith Yandle: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:05ARIMax Domi: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:15FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:05FLAKeith Yandle: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:58ARINick Merkley: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 4:58FLAIan McCoshen: Interference2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAARI
26Shots on goal41
1.9Expected goals3.8
54Shot attempts74
39Faceoffs won39
0Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
30Hits32
16Blocked shots12
7Giveaways7
5Takeaways5

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. bestBrickley – Bjugstad – McCann3:35

    xG 0.17–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Sceviour – McCann5:15

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Trocheck – Malgin2:16

    xG 0.11–0.01 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Trocheck – Malgin4:14

    xG 0.12–0.02 (84%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson15:31

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Petrovic – McCoshen12:15

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad19:32

    xG 0.73–1.40 (34%)attempts 19–25goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDomi – Fischer – Keller10:19

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook10:21

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Rieder – Perlini11:15

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

  4. Rinaldo – Dvorak – Merkley8:00

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun17:43

    xG 1.12–0.24 (83%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Connauton12:38

    xG 0.48–0.46 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 0–2

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson17:33

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 18–19goals 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.

ARI 3.8 xGFLA 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #473 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 82% of the time.

ARI winsFLA wins

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

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