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Thu, Mar 11, 2021·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Florida Panthers 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 75% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA081431614532
CBJ0721521000432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:00CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Max Domi, Jack Roslovic · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:14CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Riley Nash, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:50FLAPatric HornqvistAssists: Gustav Forsling, Carter Verhaeghe · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:23CBJPatrik LainePPAssists: Zach Werenski, Cam Atkinson · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:43CBJMax DomiAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:34FLARyan LombergAssists: Noel Acciari, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:21FLAOwen TippettAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Mason Marchment · Snap, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:26FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:48FLAFrank VatranoGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Tip-in, 0.25 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 1:29FLAPatric Hornqvist: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:04FLACarter Verhaeghe: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 19:08CBJSeth Jones: Interference2 min
  4. P3 1:27FLAAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:20CBJGabriel Carlsson: Holding2 min
  6. P3 13:07CBJMichael Del Zotto: Interference2 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 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Nash
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACBJ
32Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.0
58Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won17
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits16
12Blocked shots13
10Giveaways21
4Takeaways4

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. bestVatrano – Tippett – Luostarinen7:31

    xG 0.50–0.19 (72%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Lammikko – Acciari – Lomberg5:08

    xG 0.31–0.26 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  3. Verhaeghe – Tippett – Luostarinen2:58

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Huberdeau – Barkov – Marchment2:01

    xG 0.04–0.08 (30%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Nutivaara10:13

    xG 0.82–0.08 (92%)attempts 11–3goals 1–1

  2. Weegar – Ekblad17:43

    xG 0.37–0.36 (51%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Forsling15:22

    xG 0.41–0.85 (33%)attempts 11–20goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Bjorkstrand – Laine7:49

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 1–1

  2. Domi – Texier – Bemstrom5:41

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Roslovic – Stenlund – Robinson4:37

    xG 0.17–0.03 (86%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Jenner – Bjorkstrand2:15

    xG 0.17–0.03 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Kukan11:03

    xG 0.63–0.42 (60%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Werenski15:25

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Carlsson13:35

    xG 0.16–0.64 (20%)attempts 5–15goals 0–2

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.

CBJ 2.0 xGFLA 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #39 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 75% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

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

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