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Thu, Oct 22, 2009·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

San Jose Sharks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS011112111234
TBL271929525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:30TBLJames WrightAssists: Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:01TBLRyan MaloneAssists: David Hale, Steve Downie · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:34SJSRyan VesceAssists: Kent Huskins, Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:39TBLSteven StamkosGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:54TBLAndrej MeszarosAssists: Todd Fedoruk, Stephane Veilleux · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:41SJSDan BoylePPAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:41TBLSteven StamkosENAssists: Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.72 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:25SJSJody Shelley: Kneeing2 min
  2. P1 7:38TBLAndrej Meszaros: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 6:30TBLSteven Stamkos: Holding2 min
  4. P3 12:22TBLVincent Lecavalier: Slashing2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lecavalier won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSTBL
34Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts40
21Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
17Hits16
5Blocked shots12
6Giveaways9
3Takeaways9

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.

TBL 2.8 xGSJS 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #589 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsSJS wins

Simulated goal difference (TBL − SJS), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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