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Tue, Feb 11, 2020·Prudential Center, Newark

Florida Panthers 5, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 78% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA2831609533
NJD1827013328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15NJDJack HughesPPAssists: Damon Severson, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:50FLABrett ConnollyAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Mike Hoffman · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:14FLAMike MathesonAssists: Noel Acciari, Mark Pysyk · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:43FLAMark PysykAssists: Mike Matheson, Noel Acciari · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:17NJDKevin RooneyAssists: Joey Anderson · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P2 4:59FLAFrank VatranoGWGAssists: Keith Yandle, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P2 5:38FLANoel AcciariAssists: Mark Pysyk, Mike Matheson · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–2
  8. P2 14:30NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Will Butcher, Connor Carrick · Snap, 0.13 xG5–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:27FLAEvgenii Dadonov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:16FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Interference2 min
  3. P2 16:56NJDMirco Mueller: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 7:16NJDBlake Coleman: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANJD
33Shots on goal28
4.1Expected goals2.3
70Shot attempts51
36Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
12Hits12
11Blocked shots18
3Giveaways16
11Takeaways8

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. bestHoffman – Connolly – Trocheck8:09

    xG 0.80–0.44 (64%)attempts 17–6goals 1–1

  2. Sceviour – Toninato – Vatrano7:29

    xG 0.76–0.43 (64%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Sceviour – Connolly – Trocheck2:57

    xG 0.02–0.07 (21%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov11:49

    xG 0.20–0.50 (28%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad13:08

    xG 0.97–0.40 (71%)attempts 20–8goals 1–1

  2. Yandle – Brown10:40

    xG 0.77–0.41 (65%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Stillman11:08

    xG 0.14–0.68 (17%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Bratt – Hughes10:22

    xG 0.70–0.54 (56%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  2. Hayden – Rooney – Anderson6:41

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  3. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev12:42

    xG 0.51–0.38 (57%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Wood – Zacha11:09

    xG 0.19–1.48 (11%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Subban15:19

    xG 0.79–0.58 (57%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Butcher9:45

    xG 0.75–0.72 (51%)attempts 14–12goals 2–2

  3. Severson – Butcher8:03

    xG 0.11–0.31 (25%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

NJD 2.3 xGFLA 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #366 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 78% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

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

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