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Ice Lab

Thu, Mar 18, 2021·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Nashville Predators 2, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0121718227
FLA113015013141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:38FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Patric Hornqvist, MacKenzie Weegar · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:25NSHCalle JarnkrokAssists: Alexandre Carrier, Mattias Ekholm · Slap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:17NSHCalle JarnkrokGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:13NSHJeremy Davies: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:08FLAAaron Ekblad: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:01FLAJonathan Huberdeau: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 0:38NSHYakov Trenin: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:13NSHMattias Ekholm: Interference2 min
  6. P3 19:41FLAKeith Yandle: Holding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHFLA
27Shots on goal41
2.6Expected goals3.6
47Shot attempts67
29Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits18
12Blocked shots12
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways8

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Granlund – Arvidsson12:07

    xG 1.43–0.70 (67%)attempts 19–14goals 2–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Olivier9:05

    xG 0.10–0.27 (27%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Forsberg – Tolvanen13:07

    xG 0.24–0.60 (29%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  4. Haula – Cousins – Grimaldi9:04

    xG 0.18–1.14 (13%)attempts 3–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Harpur – Fabbro15:04

    xG 0.36–0.71 (33%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  2. Benning – Davies15:04

    xG 0.63–1.01 (38%)attempts 12–16goals 1–1

  3. Ekholm – Carrier15:24

    xG 0.58–1.26 (31%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Lammikko – Acciari7:46

    xG 0.97–0.28 (78%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Vatrano – Tippett – Luostarinen8:07

    xG 0.67–0.07 (91%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Verhaeghe – Barkov – Marchment9:56

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  4. Vatrano – Acciari – Tippett2:01

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad18:48

    xG 1.20–0.37 (77%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling12:49

    xG 0.59–0.40 (59%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad2:21

    xG 0.05–0.02 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.6 xGNSH 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #673 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 66% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

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

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