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Ice Lab

Tue, Apr 3, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Nashville Predators 1, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 53% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH018010118146
FLA11401217233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:30FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Jamie McGinn, Vincent Trocheck · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:33FLAColton SceviourGWGAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Aaron Ekblad · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:08NSHRoman JosiAssists: Ryan Ellis · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 11:16NSHNick Bonino: Holding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHFLA
46Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals3.1
75Shot attempts62
41Faceoffs won34
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
11Hits22
13Blocked shots18
4Giveaways15
7Takeaways19

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Hartman – Fiala7:18

    xG 0.52–0.00 (99%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Bonino – Arvidsson – Tolvanen6:27

    xG 0.42–0.09 (83%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson5:52

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 13–2goals 1–1

  4. Fisher – Watson – Sissons10:06

    xG 0.20–0.29 (41%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm20:06

    xG 1.23–0.60 (67%)attempts 28–16goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Ellis21:26

    xG 1.28–1.19 (52%)attempts 33–29goals 1–1

  3. Emelin – Irwin11:17

    xG 0.20–0.46 (31%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Dadonov – Barkov13:42

    xG 0.74–0.42 (63%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Haley – Mamin7:43

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – McCann – Vatrano10:09

    xG 0.48–0.59 (45%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Trocheck – Huberdeau14:49

    xG 0.39–1.03 (27%)attempts 10–24goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Weegar15:21

    xG 0.67–0.36 (65%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad19:50

    xG 0.92–0.95 (49%)attempts 21–29goals 2–1

  3. Pysyk – Matheson18:00

    xG 0.53–1.12 (32%)attempts 15–23goals 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.

FLA 3.1 xGNSH 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1127 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 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 53% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

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

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