Sat, Mar 20, 2021·BB&T Center, Sunrise
Nashville Predators 0, Florida Panthers 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 98% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSH | 07 | 06 | 08 | 021 |
| FLA | 022 | 112 | 115 | 249 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 9:15FLAAleksander BarkovPPGWGAssists: Anthony Duclair, MacKenzie Weegar · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
- P3 19:45FLAAnthony DuclairENAssists: Carter Verhaeghe · Wrist, 0.71 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
- P1 6:27NSHBen Harpur: Cross checking2 min
- P1 12:13NSHMathieu Olivier: Roughing2 min
- P1 12:13NSHMathieu Olivier: Roughing2 min
- P1 18:49FLAAleksander Barkov: Cross checking2 min
- P2 17:02FLAAnthony Duclair: Roughing2 min
- P2 17:02NSHNick Cousins: Roughing2 min
- P2 18:54NSHAlexandre Carrier: Hooking2 min
- P3 8:38FLAJonathan Huberdeau: High sticking2 min
- P3 11:26NSHErik Haula: Interference2 min
- P3 16:15FLAAnthony Duclair: Hooking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Acciari won the faceoff against Sissons
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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.
Nashville Predators
Forward lines
- Haula – Cousins – Grimaldi4:13
xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Haula – Cousins – Trenin2:32
xG 0.07–0.13 (36%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0
- Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson2:19
xG 0.01–0.16 (7%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0
- Johansen – Forsberg – Tolvanen8:21
xG 0.30–0.55 (35%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Fabbro – Davies2:49
xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0
- Ekholm – Carrier10:33
xG 0.56–0.58 (49%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0
- Ekholm – Fabbro3:08
xG 0.17–0.24 (41%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0
Florida Panthers
Forward lines
- bestDuclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov9:42
xG 1.25–0.27 (82%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0
- Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg7:17
xG 0.54–0.10 (84%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
- Vatrano – Tippett – Luostarinen7:11
xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0
- Acciari – Marchment – Lomberg9:34
xG 0.44–0.34 (57%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestStralman – Forsling11:39
xG 1.01–0.26 (79%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0
- Weegar – Ekblad13:22
xG 0.76–0.40 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
- Yandle – Gudas6:57
xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it NSH. Dots are goals.
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 98% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (FLA − NSH), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).