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Tue, Feb 22, 2022·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Nashville Predators 6, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 63% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH11321337633
FLA114220114448

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:45FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:06NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Matt Duchene, Alexandre Carrier · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:54FLARadko GudasAssists: Sam Reinhart · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:42FLAAaron EkbladUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:44NSHRoman JosiAssists: Matt Duchene, Filip Forsberg · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:21NSHYakov TreninAssists: Dante Fabbro · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:11FLASam BennettAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:41NSHTanner JeannotSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. P3 14:29NSHMikael GranlundPPGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.28 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:28NSHTanner JeannotENUnassisted · Slap, 0.66 xG6–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:45NSHMikael Granlund: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:24FLAAleksander Barkov: Interference2 min
  3. P2 14:30FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 16:46NSHPhilip Tomasino: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 9:51NSHAlexandre Carrier: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 14:12FLASam Bennett: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← NSH attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHFLA
33Shots on goal48
3.3Expected goals4.2
48Shot attempts80
38Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
34Hits26
18Blocked shots9
6Giveaways12
9Takeaways10

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. McCarron – Luff – Tolvanen6:59

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Kunin – Tomasino8:41

    xG 0.17–0.30 (36%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  3. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot10:53

    xG 0.60–1.00 (38%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg12:20

    xG 0.08–0.73 (10%)attempts 4–23goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro16:22

    xG 1.23–0.55 (69%)attempts 21–18goals 2–1

  2. Benning – Carrier2:20

    xG 0.03–0.13 (19%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Carrier – Myers10:23

    xG 0.38–0.90 (30%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReinhart – Marchment – Lundell8:24

    xG 0.52–0.10 (84%)attempts 12–2goals 2–0

  2. Hornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen7:06

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Verhaeghe – Barkov – Mamin10:07

    xG 0.66–0.61 (52%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  4. Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett10:48

    xG 0.77–0.82 (48%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad17:07

    xG 1.27–0.06 (95%)attempts 28–5goals 2–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling12:45

    xG 1.00–0.69 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  3. Montour – Forsling4:38

    xG 0.03–0.06 (32%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

FLA 4.2 xGNSH 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #32 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.58 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 63% of the time.

FLA winsNSH wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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