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Sat, Apr 1, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Florida Panthers 7, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 89% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA213215321749
CBJ050709021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:03FLASam ReinhartPPGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:29FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Gustav Forsling, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:18FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:34FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Brandon Montour, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–0
  5. P3 8:34FLANick CousinsAssists: Eric Staal, Sam Reinhart · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–0
  6. P3 11:18FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Anthony Duclair, Aleksander Barkov · Tip-in, 0.07 xG6–0
  7. P3 14:16FLAEric StaalAssists: Sam Reinhart, Ryan Lomberg · Wrist, 0.16 xG7–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:26CBJTim Berni: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:50FLAColin White: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:29FLAEric Staal: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:46FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:59CBJJosh Dunne: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:57CBJJosh Dunne: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 18:47FLAGivani Smith: High sticking2 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← FLA attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACBJ
49Shots on goal21
5.3Expected goals2.0
87Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won21
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits28
11Blocked shots18
5Giveaways5
2Takeaways7

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. bestDuclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov8:22

    xG 1.22–0.14 (90%)attempts 19–6goals 4–0

  2. Staal – Reinhart – Lomberg10:41

    xG 1.11–0.07 (94%)attempts 23–6goals 1–0

  3. Cousins – White – Smith8:28

    xG 0.29–0.14 (68%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Tkachuk – Luostarinen – Lundell8:49

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling14:57

    xG 1.52–0.49 (75%)attempts 29–11goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Montour11:43

    xG 0.97–0.20 (83%)attempts 17–6goals 3–0

  3. Gudas – Mahura13:55

    xG 0.89–0.30 (75%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestLuoto – Dunne – McKown8:21

    xG 0.14–0.03 (83%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko12:48

    xG 0.48–0.80 (37%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

  3. Kuraly – Robinson – Foudy6:37

    xG 0.24–1.01 (19%)attempts 6–16goals 0–3

  4. Bemstrom – Richards – Johnson7:54

    xG 0.10–1.02 (9%)attempts 4–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Christiansen – Bjork10:02

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Bayreuther – Sweezey13:05

    xG 0.21–0.46 (32%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

  3. Berni – Bjork4:46

    xG 0.00–0.46 (0%)attempts 4–13goals 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.

CBJ 2.0 xGFLA 5.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1277 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 89% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

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

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