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Mon, Oct 16, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark

Florida Panthers 4, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 58% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA21111217430
NJD08012314334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:54FLASam ReinhartAssists: Evan Rodrigues · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:12FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Josh Mahura · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:18FLANiko MikkolaAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–0
  4. P3 0:59FLASam ReinhartPPGWGAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Aleksander Barkov · Tip-in, 0.16 xG4–0
  5. P3 3:35NJDErik HaulaPPAssists: Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:51NJDMichael McLeodAssists: Erik Haula, Alexander Holtz · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:37NJDJesper BrattPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.17 xG4–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 15:18NJDErik Haula: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:48FLAEvan Rodrigues: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:52FLADmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:52FLANiko Mikkola: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:30NJDTimo Meier: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:48NJDTimo Meier: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 0:17FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:17NJDNico Hischier: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 0:17NJDOndrej Palat: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 1:50FLANiko Mikkola: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 15:56FLANick Cousins: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Luostarinen won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANJD
30Shots on goal34
3.9Expected goals3.3
49Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
31Hits40
22Blocked shots9
4Giveaways7
2Takeaways5

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 – Tkachuk – Luostarinen10:53

    xG 0.64–0.54 (54%)attempts 11–14goals 2–1

  2. Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues9:57

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  3. Cousins – Sourdif – Lundell8:46

    xG 0.08–0.07 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Stenlund – Lorentz – Lomberg5:17

    xG 0.17–0.25 (39%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMahura – Balinskis8:50

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Mikkola13:01

    xG 0.51–0.56 (47%)attempts 14–13goals 2–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Forsling14:49

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 6–23goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – McLeod – Holtz3:12

    xG 0.14–0.03 (84%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Lazar – Bastian – McLeod5:06

    xG 0.24–0.15 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Palat – Hischier – Mercer7:16

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Bratt – Hughes10:45

    xG 0.61–0.57 (52%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSiegenthaler – Bahl2:40

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Siegenthaler2:25

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Marino – Bahl7:22

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 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.

NJD 3.3 xGFLA 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #292 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 58% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

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

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