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Tue, Jan 12, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Washington Capitals 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH17316013436
TBL41515216736

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:34TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:03TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Brandon Bochenski, Kurtis Foster · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:05WSHAlexander SeminAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Jeff Schultz · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:28TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Brandon Bochenski, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P1 18:35TBLStephane VeilleuxUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P2 1:34WSHMike GreenPPAssists: Alexander Semin, Alex Ovechkin · Backhand, 0.30 xG2–4
  7. P2 7:44WSHEric FehrAssists: Brendan Morrison, Jason Chimera · Snap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P2 12:08WSHMike GreenPPAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. P2 17:28TBLMartin St. LouisPPGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos, Brandon Bochenski · Slap, 0.05 xG4–5
  10. P3 4:00TBLKurtis FosterAssists: Victor Hedman, Martin St. Louis · Slap, 0.03 xG4–6
  11. P3 9:54TBLJeff HalpernPPAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–7
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 10:39WSHBrooks Laich: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:44WSHTom Poti: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:34TBLSteve Downie: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:03TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:13WSHBrooks Laich: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:00WSHJason Chimera: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:17WSHNicklas Backstrom: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 8:12WSHNicklas Backstrom: Boarding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:51WSHAlex Ovechkin: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:51TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 14:00WSHMatt Bradley: Instigator2 min
  12. P3 14:00WSHMatt Bradley: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 14:00WSHMatt Bradley: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 14:00TBLSteve Downie: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 14:00TBLSteve Downie: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 14:00TBLSteve Downie: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 14:00WSHAlex Ovechkin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  18. P3 16:17WSHDavid Steckel: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 16:17TBLZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  20. P3 16:50TBLAndrej Meszaros: Hooking2 min
  21. P3 18:26TBLMattias Ohlund: High sticking2 min
  22. P3 19:23WSHAlex Ovechkin: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHTBL
36Shots on goal36
3.7Expected goals3.7
64Shot attempts61
36Faceoffs won33
4Power plays7
40Penalty minutes32
12Hits20
9Blocked shots13
9Giveaways12
3Takeaways7

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 3.7 xGWSH 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #54 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

TBL winsWSH wins

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

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