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Sat, May 1, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 53% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA117213212542
CHI01429212435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:54FLAAnthony DuclairAssists: Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:30FLANikita GusevAssists: Ryan Lomberg, Radko Gudas · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:19CHIConnor MurphyPPAssists: Brett Connolly, Adam Gaudette · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:11CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Adam Gaudette, Ian Mitchell · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:53FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Gustav Forsling, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:28FLAAnthony DuclairAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Grigori Denisenko · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 0:59FLAOwen TippettGWGAssists: Sam Bennett · Snap, 0.27 xG5–2
  8. P3 12:28CHIKirby DachPPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:42CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:34FLAAnthony Duclair: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:47CHIDuncan Keith: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:20FLARadko Gudas: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:42FLAFrank Vatrano: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:52FLARyan Lomberg: Slashing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
42Shots on goal35
4.4Expected goals4.2
81Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won25
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
27Hits31
13Blocked shots18
11Giveaways13
10Takeaways10

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. bestHuberdeau – Bennett – Tippett10:35

    xG 1.16–0.38 (76%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Gusev – Acciari – Lomberg9:17

    xG 1.12–0.66 (63%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  3. Wennberg – Vatrano – Heponiemi9:19

    xG 0.51–0.32 (61%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Barkov – Denisenko11:07

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 3–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Forsling15:15

    xG 1.83–0.50 (79%)attempts 33–10goals 2–0

  2. Montour – Nutivaara16:56

    xG 1.25–0.46 (73%)attempts 27–11goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Gudas12:38

    xG 0.58–0.59 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 2–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestConnolly – Kampf – Hardman5:43

    xG 0.69–0.25 (73%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Kubalik – Strome – Gaudette4:57

    xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

  3. Kubalik – Hagel – Dach2:25

    xG 0.05–0.19 (22%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Kane – Kubalik – Strome2:27

    xG 0.17–0.34 (33%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stillman – Mitchell14:33

    xG 1.06–1.12 (48%)attempts 16–26goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Kalynuk14:33

    xG 0.77–1.32 (37%)attempts 14–22goals 0–1

  3. Murphy – Zadorov16:08

    xG 0.04–0.93 (5%)attempts 3–21goals 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.

CHI 4.2 xGFLA 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 83/100 · #154 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 53% 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).