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Sat, Dec 23, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Ottawa Senators 0, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

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

FLA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT07013018038
FLA01211808138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:36FLAJonathan HuberdeauGWGAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 3:32OTTErik Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:31FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:21OTTChristopher DiDomenico: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 7:25FLAMike Matheson: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 7:25OTTJohnny Oduya: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 9:34OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 18:49FLAAaron Ekblad: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 19:04OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTFLA
38Shots on goal38
2.7Expected goals3.1
58Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
13Hits14
14Blocked shots12
15Giveaways20
10Takeaways12

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDiDomenico – Paul – Chlapik5:40

    xG 0.18–0.08 (71%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Hoffman – Dzingel7:35

    xG 0.45–0.34 (56%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Duchene – Dzingel5:44

    xG 0.14–0.12 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Duchene – Stone3:06

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Chabot6:57

    xG 0.36–0.20 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Claesson – Ceci6:02

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Claesson5:16

    xG 0.29–0.19 (60%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Huberdeau – Barkov12:10

    xG 0.82–0.17 (83%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Brickley – McCann8:31

    xG 0.71–0.33 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Trocheck – Malgin9:55

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley7:57

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Weegar12:31

    xG 0.62–0.11 (85%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Pysyk – Matheson15:49

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad16:42

    xG 0.89–0.79 (53%)attempts 21–23goals 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 3.1 xGOTT 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1270 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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.

FLA winsOTT wins

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

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