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Sat, Apr 10, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Florida Panthers 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA071806121
DAL390813420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:00DALJason RobertsonAssists: Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:49DALJoel L'EsperanceGWGAssists: Justin Dowling · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:03DALJamie BennPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:58FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Patric Hornqvist · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:21DALJason RobertsonUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:41FLARadko Gudas: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:48DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:35FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 7:39DALTanner Kero: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:43FLARyan Lomberg: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 19:42DALMark Pysyk: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:57DALBlake Comeau: Cross checking2 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 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADAL
21Shots on goal20
3.3Expected goals2.1
62Shot attempts39
27Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits34
7Blocked shots28
10Giveaways6
3Takeaways9

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. bestVerhaeghe – Barkov – Marchment12:23

    xG 0.69–0.29 (70%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  2. Lammikko – Lomberg – Luostarinen2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Lammikko – Vatrano – Lomberg3:15

    xG 0.12–0.17 (40%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Vatrano – Acciari – Lomberg4:03

    xG 0.01–0.09 (9%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Kiersted2:32

    xG 0.32–0.06 (83%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Connauton3:14

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Gudas4:45

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDowling – Gardner – L'Esperance5:19

    xG 0.27–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:29

    xG 0.63–0.44 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  3. Benn – Gurianov – Kero9:24

    xG 0.11–0.16 (42%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa11:15

    xG 0.29–0.68 (30%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Pysyk11:42

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell11:53

    xG 0.50–0.43 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  3. Klingberg – Oleksiak2:19

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

DAL 2.1 xGFLA 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #660 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 72% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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