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Sun, Jan 31, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Florida Panthers 3, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0621816330
DET11309112234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12DETDylan LarkinAssists: Givani Smith · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:03FLAPatric HornqvistPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Keith Yandle · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:04FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:09FLACarter VerhaegheGWGAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Markus Nutivaara · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:12DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Bobby Ryan, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:28FLACarter Verhaeghe: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:12FLAKeith Yandle: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 11:41DETMarc Staal: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 15:09DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:25DETMichael Rasmussen: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:25FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:25DETMichael Rasmussen: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 7:23FLAMarkus Nutivaara: Interference2 min
  9. P2 14:38DETDarren Helm: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADET
30Shots on goal34
3.1Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
16Hits11
9Blocked shots9
5Giveaways2
3Takeaways1

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVatrano – Acciari – Luostarinen7:25

    xG 0.32–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Lammikko – Acciari – Heponiemi2:33

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov10:07

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg8:30

    xG 0.37–0.46 (45%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad14:01

    xG 0.56–0.34 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Gudas10:58

    xG 0.32–0.21 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Weegar2:42

    xG 0.09–0.02 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Mantha – Hirose6:13

    xG 0.58–0.17 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Larkin – Brome7:50

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Mantha – Larkin2:34

    xG 0.02–0.07 (25%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Glendening – Rasmussen4:51

    xG 0.14–0.18 (42%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDjoos – DeKeyser9:30

    xG 0.59–0.40 (59%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Hronek13:31

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Hronek2:41

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

DET 2.7 xGFLA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #518 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DET 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, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsFLA wins

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

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