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Mon, Feb 17, 2020·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Florida Panthers 5, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 74% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1918311528
SJS11201327332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Frank Vatrano, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:30SJSDylan GambrellAssists: Antti Suomela, Alexander True · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:00FLAMike HoffmanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:04FLAColton SceviourAssists: Denis Malgin, Aaron Ekblad · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:34SJSKevin LabancPPAssists: Brent Burns · Deflected, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:06FLAAnton StralmanGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:20SJSTimo MeierAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:55FLAVincent TrocheckENAssists: Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.68 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:13FLAKeith Yandle: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:58SJSJoel Kellman: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:57SJSJoel Kellman: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:33FLAVincent Trocheck: Interference2 min
  5. P2 3:39SJSMarcus Sorensen: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:41SJSMelker Karlsson: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:07FLAMark Pysyk: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 14:13FLADenis Malgin: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goodrow won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASJS
28Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts61
21Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
11Hits13
20Blocked shots13
4Giveaways9
9Takeaways10

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 – Toninato – Vatrano8:20

    xG 0.44–0.15 (74%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  2. Sceviour – Connolly – Malgin7:09

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Huberdeau – Barkov – Acciari11:54

    xG 0.19–0.75 (21%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad9:51

    xG 0.74–0.23 (76%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Matheson – Brown6:24

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Stralman13:22

    xG 0.13–0.73 (15%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Noesen – Goodrow11:12

    xG 0.63–0.06 (91%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  2. Sorensen – Karlsson – Kellman5:52

    xG 0.03–0.12 (20%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Labanc – Meier6:11

    xG 0.22–0.81 (22%)attempts 9–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Simek12:08

    xG 0.48–0.14 (78%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Heed – Ferraro12:06

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 1–2

  3. Burns – Dillon14:03

    xG 0.63–0.63 (50%)attempts 17–16goals 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.

SJS 2.2 xGFLA 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #347 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 74% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

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

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