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Sat, Feb 20, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Florida Panthers 1, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 71% of the time.

DET winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA19014016139
DET0521309227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:43FLAAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Anthony Duclair, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:09DETPatrik NemethAssists: Christian Djoos, Luke Glendening · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:27DETMathias BromeGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:12DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:41FLAKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:07FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:08DETBobby Ryan: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:48DETAdam Erne: 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADET
39Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals1.4
68Shot attempts48
30Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
9Hits13
9Blocked shots17
4Giveaways3
0Takeaways1

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. bestConnolly – Vatrano – Luostarinen5:19

    xG 0.39–0.06 (88%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Barkov4:22

    xG 0.16–0.05 (77%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Wennberg2:29

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Connolly – Lammikko – Lomberg4:34

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Gudas14:04

    xG 0.55–0.12 (82%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Forsling15:00

    xG 0.23–0.46 (34%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Ekblad15:26

    xG 0.30–0.66 (31%)attempts 17–19goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Mantha – Larkin12:26

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Erne – Brome6:55

    xG 0.28–0.07 (79%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Fabbri – Zadina10:59

    xG 0.03–0.43 (6%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – DeKeyser2:55

    xG 0.29–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Merrill14:10

    xG 0.44–0.32 (57%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Djoos3:30

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

DET 1.4 xGFLA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #563 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DET 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 71% of the time.

DET winsFLA wins

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

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