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Sun, Dec 23, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 6, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 74% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1931424627
CHI1918112329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:23CHIConnor MurphyAssists: Dylan Strome, Brendan Perlini · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:21FLAJayce HawrylukAssists: Micheal Haley, Mark Pysyk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:35FLAJayce HawrylukAssists: Mike Matheson · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:56CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Dylan Strome, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:49FLAMike HoffmanPPAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:20FLAJared McCannGWGAssists: MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–2
  7. P3 0:59FLADenis MalginAssists: Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P3 9:35CHIDylan StromeAssists: Patrick Kane, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–3
  9. P3 18:59FLAFrank VatranoENAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.70 xG6–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:02FLAJayce Hawryluk: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:55CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:29CHIBrandon Saad: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:42FLAFrank Vatrano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:11CHIDuncan Keith: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:20FLATroy Brouwer: Hooking2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McCann won the faceoff against Kampf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
27Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals1.8
49Shot attempts47
22Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits21
14Blocked shots11
12Giveaways10
9Takeaways12

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. bestBrouwer – McCann – Malgin10:41

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

  2. Sceviour – Haley – Hawryluk5:22

    xG 0.26–0.08 (76%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov12:53

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  4. Hoffman – Vatrano – Borgstrom10:24

    xG 0.03–0.19 (14%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Weegar14:49

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  2. Pysyk – Kiselevich8:53

    xG 0.12–0.19 (38%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad19:23

    xG 0.55–0.81 (41%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Strome11:45

    xG 0.61–0.42 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  2. Perlini – Sikura – Kampf2:37

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Sikura – DeBrincat – Kampf7:58

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Perlini – Nilsson4:57

    xG 0.08–0.18 (31%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Dahlstrom7:20

    xG 0.40–0.27 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  2. Murphy – Forsling6:55

    xG 0.14–0.06 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Forsling4:50

    xG 0.05–0.10 (33%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

CHI 1.8 xGFLA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #311 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 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 74% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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