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Fri, Oct 11, 2019·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Florida Panthers 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 67% of the time.

BUF winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA011011219020243
BUF01311114042332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:29BUFJohan LarssonAssists: Kyle Okposo, Zemgus Girgensons · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:02BUFMarco ScandellaAssists: Kyle Okposo, Zemgus Girgensons · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:15FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Denis Malgin · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:49FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BUF Jack Eichel scored
  2. 2. FLA Vincent Trocheck stopped
  3. 3. BUF Sam Reinhart stopped
  4. 4. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  5. 5. BUF Casey Mittelstadt scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:00FLAKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:12FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:27BUFRasmus Dahlin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 17:27FLAMike Hoffman: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 3:38FLAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:26BUFRasmus Ristolainen: Slashing2 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 SOG0BUF
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eichel won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABUF
43Shots on goal32
3.8Expected goals2.8
64Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
13Hits14
14Blocked shots10
9Giveaways11
2Takeaways6

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. bestDadonov – Hawryluk – Malgin5:05

    xG 0.61–0.04 (94%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov4:17

    xG 0.36–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Trocheck – Vatrano5:36

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Connolly – Trocheck – Vatrano6:52

    xG 0.11–0.15 (41%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad15:34

    xG 0.97–0.52 (65%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Brown9:40

    xG 0.70–0.46 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  3. Matheson – Ekblad2:56

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Larsson – Girgensons7:44

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 13–3goals 1–1

  2. Sobotka – Johansson – Skinner10:52

    xG 0.35–0.32 (52%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Vesey – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt5:04

    xG 0.44–0.55 (44%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel11:18

    xG 0.28–0.81 (26%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Jokiharju13:31

    xG 0.96–0.81 (54%)attempts 15–14goals 2–1

  2. McCabe – Ristolainen17:03

    xG 0.42–0.63 (40%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Dahlin11:38

    xG 0.34–0.74 (31%)attempts 10–12goals 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.

BUF 2.8 xGFLA 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #217 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 67% of the time.

BUF winsFLA wins

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

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