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Fri, Jan 19, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Florida Panthers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK11011511100336
FLA29081712426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15FLAJamie McGinnAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:22VGKDavid PerronAssists: Brad Hunt, Erik Haula · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:55FLAAleksander BarkovSHAssists: Vincent Trocheck · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:54VGKWilliam KarlssonAssists: Shea Theodore, Jonathan Marchessault · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:35FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:51VGKJames NealAssists: Erik Haula · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:40FLAAaron EkbladGWGAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.27 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:47FLAJared McCann: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:18FLAAlexander Petrovic: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P2 10:14FLAMicheal Haley: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 10:53VGKDavid Perron: Tripping2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKFLA
36Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals2.2
75Shot attempts40
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
19Hits22
8Blocked shots23
7Giveaways14
8Takeaways8

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Perron – Haula15:29

    xG 1.26–0.28 (82%)attempts 23–7goals 2–0

  2. Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch10:17

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Carrier – Carpenter – Bellemare7:33

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault14:06

    xG 0.36–0.75 (33%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Theodore18:00

    xG 0.71–0.43 (62%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Hunt10:09

    xG 0.38–0.21 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Theodore2:19

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov14:00

    xG 0.67–0.52 (56%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

  2. McGinn – Bjugstad – McCann9:30

    xG 0.14–0.20 (41%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

  3. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley6:37

    xG 0.09–0.16 (37%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Brickley – Trocheck11:58

    xG 0.32–0.90 (26%)attempts 11–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad16:53

    xG 0.69–0.45 (61%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

  2. Petrovic – Weegar12:08

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  3. Pysyk – Matheson20:51

    xG 0.41–0.70 (37%)attempts 8–23goals 0–1

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 2.2 xGVGK 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #197 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsVGK wins

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

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