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Sat, Dec 5, 2009·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

New York Islanders 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 64% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0709014030
TBL2701226425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35TBLRyan MaloneGWGAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:08TBLSteve DowniePPAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:58TBLJeff HalpernPPAssists: Kurtis Foster, Vincent Lecavalier · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:31TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Alex Tanguay · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 15:02TBLKurtis Foster: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:41TBLAndrej Meszaros: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 18:26NYIBrendan Witt: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:05NYITim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 0:05TBLDavid Hale: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:38NYIBrendan Witt: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 10:50TBLMatt Walker: Holding2 min
  8. P2 15:30TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 15:30NYIAndrew MacDonald: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 15:30TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 18:54TBLKurtis Foster: Elbowing2 min
  12. P3 2:44NYIRichard Park: Tripping2 min · PPG
  13. P3 13:00TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
30Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals2.8
58Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won32
6Power plays3
13Penalty minutes19
8Hits18
13Blocked shots18
9Giveaways6
7Takeaways7

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 xGNYI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1193 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 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 64% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

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

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