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Thu, Mar 25, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 0, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 64% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA013017011041
CHI072915321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:05CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Carl Soderberg, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:34CHIPius SuterAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:36CHIBrandon HagelENAssists: Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.56 xG0–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 11:26CHIPatrick Kane: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:45CHINikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 0:00FLAMason Marchment: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:28CHIRyan Carpenter: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:28FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Instigator2 min
  6. P2 6:28FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 6:28FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Misconduct10 min
  8. P2 11:05CHIIan Mitchell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 14:35FLAMarkus Nutivaara: Interference2 min
  10. P2 17:36CHIKevin Lankinen: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  11. P3 4:15CHINikita Zadorov: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 19:09CHIPius Suter: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Verhaeghe won the faceoff against Carpenter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
41Shots on goal21
3.7Expected goals2.8
73Shot attempts34
27Faceoffs won26
6Power plays3
21Penalty minutes17
36Hits32
9Blocked shots22
9Giveaways12
7Takeaways11

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. bestDuclair – Verhaeghe – Marchment6:10

    xG 0.33–0.09 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Wennberg – Vatrano6:35

    xG 0.33–0.11 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Hinostroza – Duclair – Verhaeghe3:17

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Huberdeau – Tippett – Luostarinen3:01

    xG 0.09–0.37 (21%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Forsling8:38

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Ekblad5:37

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Weegar2:04

    xG 0.12–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – DeBrincat – Suter11:06

    xG 0.72–0.41 (64%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Soderberg – Highmore – Kurashev4:09

    xG 0.15–0.13 (54%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat2:36

    xG 0.05–0.11 (32%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Janmark – Carpenter – Strome5:16

    xG 0.05–0.36 (13%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. de Haan – Boqvist12:51

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Mitchell10:29

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Murphy – Zadorov12:33

    xG 0.05–0.38 (12%)attempts 1–15goals 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.

CHI 2.8 xGFLA 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #791 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 64% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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