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Sun, Jan 17, 2021·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 63% of the time.

FLA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI07111112230
FLA01527314536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:12FLAAaron EkbladUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:33FLAKeith YandleAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Eetu Luostarinen · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:24CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:53CHIConnor MurphyAssists: Duncan Keith, Pius Suter · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:15FLAEetu LuostarinenGWGAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Stralman · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:57FLAPatric HornqvistAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Radko Gudas · Snap, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:55FLAJonathan HuberdeauPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Patric Hornqvist · Snap, 0.29 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:03CHIAlex DeBrincat: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:42FLAAnton Stralman: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:56FLAKeith Yandle: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:16CHIDylan Strome: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 1:42CHILucas Wallmark: Holding2 min
  6. P3 2:49FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 16:47CHIRyan Carpenter: Slashing2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Kampf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIFLA
30Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits30
8Blocked shots14
14Giveaways25
6Takeaways14

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKubalik – Strome – Kurashev7:41

    xG 0.48–0.11 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Shaw – Janmark – Wallmark4:16

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Kane – DeBrincat – Suter10:49

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Kubalik – Suter – Kurashev2:52

    xG 0.00–0.47 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Zadorov2:54

    xG 0.18–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Zadorov – Boqvist6:52

    xG 0.04–0.10 (27%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Keith – Murphy12:26

    xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov11:40

    xG 1.01–0.19 (84%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Connolly – Acciari – Lomberg7:50

    xG 0.66–0.16 (81%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Vatrano – Tippett – Luostarinen8:01

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg6:58

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Gudas10:00

    xG 0.72–0.46 (61%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Weegar – Ekblad16:12

    xG 0.34–0.19 (63%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – Forsling12:39

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

FLA 2.8 xGCHI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #246 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 63% of the time.

FLA winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).