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Sat, Jan 20, 2018·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Florida Panthers 3, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 69% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA21809113340
NSH1153905429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:36NSHKevin FialaAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Nick Bonino · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:16FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:33FLADerek MacKenzieAssists: Colton Sceviour, MacKenzie Weegar · Snap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:24NSHNick BoninoAssists: Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:53NSHKevin FialaAssists: Nick Bonino, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:29NSHP.K. SubbanGWGAssists: Craig Smith, Kyle Turris · Slap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:34FLAKeith YandleAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Evgenii Dadonov · Slap, 0.01 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:34FLAAlexander Petrovic: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:34NSHScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:54NSHMiikka Salomaki: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:06FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:06NSHAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:32FLAJared McCann: 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANSH
40Shots on goal29
3.2Expected goals2.1
66Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
12Penalty minutes12
13Hits9
13Blocked shots16
9Giveaways10
8Takeaways6

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 – Barkov14:28

    xG 0.75–0.31 (70%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Brickley – Trocheck9:27

    xG 0.66–0.41 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 0–2

  3. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley5:40

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  4. McGinn – Bjugstad – McCann9:03

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Weegar13:37

    xG 0.61–0.16 (79%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad18:56

    xG 1.15–0.71 (62%)attempts 19–19goals 1–2

  3. Matheson – Weegar2:37

    xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Jarnkrok – Fiala9:36

    xG 0.76–0.18 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 3–0

  2. Turris – Smith – Aberg10:53

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Watson – Salomaki – Sissons9:25

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Hartnell – Johansen – Arvidsson8:52

    xG 0.10–1.16 (8%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Emelin – Subban16:15

    xG 0.68–0.78 (47%)attempts 13–21goals 2–1

  2. Josi – Ellis19:23

    xG 0.71–0.86 (45%)attempts 23–17goals 0–1

  3. Irwin – Bitetto16:08

    xG 0.53–0.68 (44%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

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.

NSH 2.1 xGFLA 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #544 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 69% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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