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Thu, Dec 1, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Florida Panthers 5, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

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

VAN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA3181915532
VAN0818017133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:14FLAMatthew TkachukAssists: Josh Mahura · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:49FLAGustav ForslingGWGAssists: Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:13FLARyan LombergAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:38FLASam BennettAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Matthew Tkachuk · Snap, 0.21 xG4–0
  5. P2 12:26VANDakota JoshuaAssists: Ethan Bear, Sheldon Dries · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:11FLASam BennettAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:24FLARadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:40VANBrock Boeser: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:34VANDakota Joshua: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:25FLARadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:25VANJ.T. Miller: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 18:10FLAAleksi Heponiemi: Holding2 min
  7. P3 3:25FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← FLA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Lundell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAVAN
32Shots on goal33
4.0Expected goals2.0
56Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
10Hits23
12Blocked shots11
4Giveaways13
7Takeaways3

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. bestStaal – Hornqvist – Lomberg9:01

    xG 1.11–0.37 (75%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk12:36

    xG 0.84–0.33 (72%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  3. Cousins – Reinhart – Luostarinen7:32

    xG 0.65–0.34 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Cousins – Reinhart – Lundell2:27

    xG 0.02–0.01 (64%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Montour13:08

    xG 1.20–0.43 (74%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Ekblad – Forsling15:17

    xG 0.92–0.49 (65%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

  3. Gudas – Mahura12:16

    xG 0.44–0.32 (57%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Horvat – Hoglander7:55

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Boeser – Garland – Dries5:23

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Horvat – Boeser4:41

    xG 0.16–0.20 (43%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Lazar – Joshua – Aman7:40

    xG 0.04–0.20 (17%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Bear5:15

    xG 0.30–0.09 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Bear9:58

    xG 0.27–0.31 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Hughes6:32

    xG 0.37–0.68 (35%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

VAN 2.0 xGFLA 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1153 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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.

VAN winsFLA wins

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

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