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Fri, Jan 5, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Florida Panthers 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA016113111240
DET151628419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:42DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Mike Green · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:08DETTomas TatarAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:58FLAMike MathesonAssists: Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:19FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:03DETAnthony ManthaPPGWGAssists: Martin Frk, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:22DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Danny DeKeyser · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:13DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 min
  2. P3 3:35FLAAaron Ekblad: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 6:14FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 18:03FLAKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 18:03DETJustin Abdelkader: High sticking2 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADET
40Shots on goal19
2.1Expected goals1.6
65Shot attempts42
26Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits25
7Blocked shots12
7Giveaways21
1Takeaways7

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. bestDadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov10:58

    xG 0.54–0.09 (85%)attempts 20–7goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Huberdeau – Barkov3:16

    xG 0.05–0.03 (66%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Brickley – Trocheck – Malgin9:49

    xG 0.26–0.25 (51%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley6:19

    xG 0.07–0.09 (42%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson17:10

    xG 0.72–0.19 (79%)attempts 20–11goals 2–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad17:41

    xG 0.45–0.41 (52%)attempts 16–12goals 0–2

  3. Petrovic – Weegar13:12

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Athanasiou – Larkin8:33

    xG 0.46–0.31 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi8:27

    xG 0.23–0.28 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

  3. Frk – Athanasiou – Mantha3:16

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm10:53

    xG 0.05–0.37 (12%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser13:57

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 2–1

  2. Kronwall – Jensen10:24

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ouellet2:58

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

DET 1.6 xGFLA 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #468 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 58% of the time.

DET winsFLA wins

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

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