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Mon, Dec 31, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Florida Panthers 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (SO)

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.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA0831403021427
DET380207030320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:15DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Luke Witkowski, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:28DETGustav NyquistAssists: Dylan Larkin, Justin Abdelkader · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:27DETThomas VanekAssists: Frans Nielsen, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:19FLAJared McCannSHAssists: Juho Lammikko, Mark Pysyk · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:11FLAHenrik BorgstromAssists: Frank Vatrano, Aaron Ekblad · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:15FLAJayce HawrylukAssists: Colton Sceviour · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  2. 2. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  3. 3. DET Frans Nielsen stopped
  4. 4. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  5. 5. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:57DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:53DETMichael Rasmussen: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 5:29FLADenis Malgin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:23FLAJayce Hawryluk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 6:45DETThomas Vanek: 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 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADET
27Shots on goal20
2.7Expected goals2.3
53Shot attempts41
28Faceoffs won44
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
13Hits25
10Blocked shots10
14Giveaways23
1Takeaways1

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. bestSceviour – Hawryluk – Lammikko4:24

    xG 0.20–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Brouwer – McCann – Malgin10:25

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Dadonov – Vatrano – Borgstrom5:43

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Hoffman – Vatrano – Borgstrom4:26

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Kiselevich10:12

    xG 0.50–0.44 (53%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  2. Pysyk – Matheson15:31

    xG 0.31–0.36 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad21:12

    xG 0.33–0.82 (28%)attempts 9–15goals 1–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Abdelkader – Nyquist – Larkin15:23

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Bertuzzi10:17

    xG 0.26–0.31 (45%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Glendening – Athanasiou – Rasmussen7:26

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

  4. Frk – de la Rose – Ehn3:11

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Hronek4:59

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Hronek12:58

    xG 0.40–0.27 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  3. Ericsson – Jensen3:15

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 2.3 xGFLA 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #231 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).