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Sat, Oct 26, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Florida Panthers 6, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

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

NYI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1927313629
NYI3907012328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32NYIDennis CholowskiAssists: Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:01NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Ryan Pulock, Maxim Tsyplakov · Poke, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:41NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Maxim Tsyplakov, Kyle Palmieri · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P1 13:27FLASam ReinhartAssists: Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:38FLAMatthew TkachukAssists: Carter Verhaeghe · Poke, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:16FLAMackie SamoskevichAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Spencer Knight · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 6:19FLASam BennettGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Niko Mikkola · Deflected, 0.21 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:49FLAMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Adam Boqvist, Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–3
  9. P3 17:43FLAGustav ForslingENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.25 xG6–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:56NYISimon Holmstrom: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 10:49FLAAnton Lundell: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 6:39FLASam Bennett: Holding2 min
  4. P3 9:02NYIKyle Palmieri: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 15:49FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← FLA attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYI
29Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won39
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits23
12Blocked shots11
10Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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 – Bennett – Tkachuk12:26

    xG 1.37–1.09 (56%)attempts 20–15goals 2–1

  2. Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell13:07

    xG 0.38–0.53 (42%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Greer – Rodrigues – Boqvist10:14

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Mikkola12:55

    xG 1.20–0.86 (58%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  2. Schmidt – Boqvist7:00

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Ekblad – Forsling13:52

    xG 0.76–0.97 (44%)attempts 17–16goals 1–3

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov12:10

    xG 1.15–0.35 (77%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

  2. Cizikas – Lee – Pageau9:30

    xG 0.58–0.36 (61%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Engvall – MacLean8:24

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Horvat – Barzal – Holmstrom10:54

    xG 0.42–0.61 (41%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock18:58

    xG 1.18–0.93 (56%)attempts 20–24goals 1–1

  2. Reilly – Dobson14:34

    xG 0.54–0.75 (42%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Cholowski10:04

    xG 0.38–0.59 (39%)attempts 8–10goals 1–2

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.

NYI 3.0 xGFLA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #108 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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.

NYI winsFLA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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