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Thu, Mar 4, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

WSH winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1919211429
WSH11429211534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:10WSHEric FehrUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:55TBLSteve DowniePPAssists: Kurtis Foster, Martin St. Louis · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:17WSHMike KnubleAssists: Brooks Laich, Brendan Morrison · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:21WSHMike KnubleAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:03TBLVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Kurtis Foster · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:11WSHScott WalkerAssists: Mike Green, Boyd Gordon · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:35TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Teddy Purcell, Andrej Meszaros · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:28TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Mattias Ohlund, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. P3 13:09WSHScott WalkerGWGAssists: Mike Green, Jason Chimera · Backhand, 0.34 xG4–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:26TBLKurtis Foster: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:45WSHMike Knuble: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:29TBLMark Parrish: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:10WSHNicklas Backstrom: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:38WSHJeff Schultz: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:08TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 13:08WSHMike Green: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 13:14WSHBrooks Laich: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 14:04WSHTom Poti: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 19:48TBLSteven Stamkos: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Belanger won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLWSH
29Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals2.3
65Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won33
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
19Hits20
23Blocked shots22
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways10

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.

WSH 2.3 xGTBL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #83 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 58% of the time.

WSH winsTBL wins

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

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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).