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Thu, Feb 28, 2019·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Florida Panthers 5, Vegas Golden Knights 6 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 58% of the time.

VGK winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA311116110000537
VGK11432018041646

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:09VGKPaul StastnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:34FLAMike HoffmanPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:31FLAMike HoffmanPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:59FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Vincent Trocheck · Deflected, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P2 7:40VGKReilly SmithAssists: Jonathan Marchessault, Jon Merrill · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:22VGKJon MerrillAssists: Shea Theodore, Jonathan Marchessault · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:09VGKColin MillerAssists: Nate Schmidt, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:06FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jamie McGinn, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–4
  9. P3 3:18FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Mike Matheson, Dryden Hunt · Wrist, 0.21 xG5–4
  10. P3 15:42VGKReilly SmithAssists: Shea Theodore · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  2. 2. VGK William Karlsson stopped
  3. 3. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  4. 4. VGK Shea Theodore scored
  5. 5. FLA Vincent Trocheck stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:52VGKPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:23VGKJon Merrill: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:53FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 14:53VGKMax Pacioretty: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 3:38VGKWilliam Karlsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 12:24FLAMark Pysyk: Tripping2 min
  7. OT 5:00VGKJonathan Marchessault: Tripping2 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 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Karlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAVGK
37Shots on goal46
3.2Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts80
30Faceoffs won42
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes10
36Hits31
20Blocked shots4
16Giveaways16
12Takeaways20

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. bestMcGinn – Hunt – Borgstrom7:29

    xG 0.49–0.26 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Sheahan – Hawryluk9:45

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov11:23

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Trocheck – Vatrano10:05

    xG 0.19–0.74 (21%)attempts 6–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrown – McCoshen11:23

    xG 0.71–0.27 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Matheson – Ekblad21:27

    xG 1.12–0.86 (57%)attempts 16–28goals 2–1

  3. Yandle – Pysyk15:59

    xG 0.83–1.03 (45%)attempts 12–24goals 1–2

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Pacioretty – Stone15:55

    xG 0.76–0.03 (96%)attempts 23–4goals 1–0

  2. Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek4:21

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault11:57

    xG 0.98–0.98 (50%)attempts 23–11goals 2–2

  4. Eakin – Carpenter – Tuch11:07

    xG 0.12–0.24 (34%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Theodore2:53

    xG 0.46–0.11 (80%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  2. Engelland – Merrill2:33

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Theodore16:11

    xG 0.64–0.74 (46%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

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.

VGK 3.8 xGFLA 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #16 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.07 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 58% of the time.

VGK winsFLA wins

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

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