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Fri, Feb 1, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Nashville Predators 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 71% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH01001046426
FLA0111908128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:15FLAJonathan HuberdeauPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Evgenii Dadonov · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:29NSHRoman JosiAssists: Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:44NSHViktor ArvidssonGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:10NSHKevin FialaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:04NSHViktor ArvidssonENAssists: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.62 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:32NSHRocco Grimaldi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 19:49FLAMark Pysyk: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:08NSHRoman Josi: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:34NSHRyan Johansen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 6:20FLAKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:15NSHViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:42NSHRocco Grimaldi: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:39NSHRoman Josi: 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 Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHFLA
26Shots on goal28
3.4Expected goals2.2
57Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won30
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
22Hits23
19Blocked shots13
14Giveaways21
11Takeaways13

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. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson9:23

    xG 0.77–0.10 (89%)attempts 15–4goals 2–0

  2. Bonino – Smith – Fiala11:28

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Sissons – Hartman6:53

    xG 0.14–0.06 (70%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Grimaldi – Gaudreau5:29

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis14:04

    xG 1.00–0.15 (87%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm13:06

    xG 0.79–0.37 (68%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Ekholm2:13

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Hawryluk – Borgstrom5:42

    xG 0.20–0.11 (63%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Sceviour – Haley4:51

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Huberdeau – Malgin10:48

    xG 0.28–0.56 (33%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Barkov – Vatrano9:40

    xG 0.11–0.69 (14%)attempts 4–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Pysyk – Matheson18:22

    xG 0.47–0.72 (40%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  2. Brown – McCoshen9:44

    xG 0.19–0.58 (25%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad13:04

    xG 0.16–0.85 (16%)attempts 6–19goals 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 xGNSH 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #765 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 71% 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).