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Sun, Feb 20, 2022·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 5, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 80% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA13111311525
CHI1110815224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:33FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Sam Reinhart, Mason Marchment · Slap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:28CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:26FLABrandon MontourAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:50FLAMacKenzie WeegarGWGAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:38CHICaleb JonesAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:12FLAAleksander BarkovENAssists: Gustav Forsling, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.78 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:51FLAAnton LundellENAssists: Noel Acciari, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.62 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:47FLAMason Marchment: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:51FLARadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:51CHIBrandon Hagel: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 12:59FLAMason Marchment: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:11CHICalvin de Haan: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:11CHICalvin de Haan: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 19:11FLASam Reinhart: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 19:31FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding2 min
  9. P3 10:38FLARadko Gudas: Interference2 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
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dach won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
25Shots on goal24
3.1Expected goals1.5
46Shot attempts47
35Faceoffs won27
1Power plays4
15Penalty minutes9
30Hits24
13Blocked shots12
8Giveaways10
3Takeaways3

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 – Bennett – Acciari4:52

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen7:32

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Duclair – Barkov5:46

    xG 0.33–0.18 (64%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  4. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov4:22

    xG 0.23–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad15:05

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 18–9goals 1–1

  2. Gudas – Forsling12:30

    xG 0.48–0.17 (74%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Montour – Forsling2:28

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestCarpenter – Borgstrom – Entwistle9:04

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat5:59

    xG 0.25–0.24 (50%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Strome – DeBrincat6:20

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Kurashev – Reichel2:19

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Murphy2:27

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Jones9:57

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 11–6goals 0–2

  3. Jones – Regula2:10

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 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 1.5 xGFLA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 54/100 · #677 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 80% 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).