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Sat, Dec 16, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Florida Panthers 5, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA315114110539
EDM012114013139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:33FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Sam Bennett, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:58FLABrandon MontourGWGAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:27FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Sam Reinhart, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 8:08EDMZach HymanAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:01FLASam BennettPPAssists: Brandon Montour, Sergei Bobrovsky · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 0:21FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:47FLAAleksander Barkov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:11EDMMattias Janmark: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 15:01EDMBrett Kulak: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:01FLAAleksander Barkov: Holding2 min
  5. P3 4:21FLABrandon Montour: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  6. P3 4:21FLANick Cousins: Abuse of officials2 min
  7. P3 14:14EDMSam Gagner: Slashing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAEDM
39Shots on goal39
3.0Expected goals2.9
62Shot attempts64
22Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits41
14Blocked shots14
9Giveaways14
7Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk9:57

    xG 0.83–0.61 (58%)attempts 15–14goals 3–0

  2. Cousins – Stenlund – Luostarinen9:17

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Lorentz – Lomberg – Lockwood8:08

    xG 0.14–0.33 (30%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues11:13

    xG 0.38–0.82 (31%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Forsling12:35

    xG 0.78–0.60 (57%)attempts 16–14goals 3–1

  2. Montour – Mikkola16:28

    xG 0.85–0.74 (54%)attempts 18–19goals 1–0

  3. Kulikov – Mahura10:33

    xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid11:21

    xG 1.09–0.45 (71%)attempts 16–11goals 1–2

  2. Gagner – Ryan – Hamblin2:57

    xG 0.11–0.03 (76%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Draisaitl – McDavid2:05

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Brown – McLeod7:55

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard18:17

    xG 1.01–0.58 (64%)attempts 22–14goals 1–2

  2. Kulak – Desharnais11:13

    xG 0.42–0.62 (40%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse15:08

    xG 0.52–1.02 (34%)attempts 12–20goals 0–2

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.

EDM 2.9 xGFLA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #1002 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50EDM 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 52% of the time.

EDM winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).