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Sat, Dec 28, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Detroit Red Wings 4, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

FLA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21716116439
FLA11131415530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:46FLAEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:29DETDarren HelmAssists: Filip Zadina · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:07DETDylan LarkinAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Trevor Daley · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:46DETFrans NielsenSHAssists: Patrik Nemeth · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 1:58FLABrett ConnollyPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 6:39FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Brian Boyle, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P2 6:48FLADominic ToninatoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:24FLAAnton StralmanGWGAssists: Mike Hoffman, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 15:49DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Filip Hronek, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.52 xG4–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:15DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:39FLAMark Pysyk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 0:17DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:26DETMike Green: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:19FLAKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 12:49DETFilip Hronek: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:49FLAVincent Trocheck: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackFLA 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.

DETFLA
39Shots on goal30
3.3Expected goals2.5
70Shot attempts56
39Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits30
13Blocked shots19
14Giveaways22
15Takeaways14

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Glendening – Fabbri4:23

    xG 0.31–0.19 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Zadina3:57

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening2:18

    xG 0.06–0.07 (46%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin13:03

    xG 0.77–0.80 (49%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Nemeth16:34

    xG 1.17–0.75 (61%)attempts 23–20goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Green2:21

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Hronek12:45

    xG 0.70–0.81 (46%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestConnolly – Trocheck – Acciari11:37

    xG 0.88–0.27 (77%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Hoffman – Vatrano7:33

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov11:33

    xG 0.45–0.72 (38%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Sceviour – Toninato – Malgin6:58

    xG 0.22–0.72 (23%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stralman – Stillman14:27

    xG 0.89–0.86 (51%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  2. Yandle – Pysyk14:13

    xG 0.72–0.74 (49%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

  3. Matheson – Brown15:27

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

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.

FLA 2.5 xGDET 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLADET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #151 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50FLA 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

FLA winsDET wins

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

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