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Sat, Mar 27, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Florida Panthers 4, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 50% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA291110414428
DAL280811206334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:24FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Noel Acciari · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:01DALDenis GurianovAssists: Jamie Benn, Joel Hanley · Snap, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:57DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Esa Lindell, Radek Faksa · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:00FLACarter VerhaeghePPAssists: Noel Acciari, Owen Tippett · Backhand, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:40FLACarter VerhaegheSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:00DALJoel L'EsperanceAssists: Joel Hanley, Andrej Sekera · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:50FLAAaron EkbladGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Carter Verhaeghe · Backhand, 0.23 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:18DALAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:12DALDenis Gurianov: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:20DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:16FLAGustav Forsling: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:43FLABrett Connolly: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 8:58FLARiley Stillman: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Acciari
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADAL
28Shots on goal34
3.4Expected goals3.4
59Shot attempts68
32Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits20
17Blocked shots16
5Giveaways13
2Takeaways4

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. bestLammikko – Vatrano – Tippett4:49

    xG 0.33–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Acciari12:22

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Connolly – Huberdeau – Wennberg8:59

    xG 0.08–0.42 (16%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling2:37

    xG 0.17–0.01 (96%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Ekblad14:28

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  3. Nutivaara – Stillman2:47

    xG 0.01–0.04 (21%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Dickinson – Robertson11:12

    xG 0.76–0.36 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Gardner4:39

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa7:19

    xG 0.27–0.09 (76%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  4. Benn – Dowling – Gurianov5:51

    xG 0.28–0.19 (60%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Hanley7:36

    xG 0.50–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 2–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell16:00

    xG 0.65–0.22 (75%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:07

    xG 0.16–0.43 (28%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

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.

DAL 3.4 xGFLA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #151 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 50% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).