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Sun, Mar 14, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT013011215239
TBL0101705122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:09TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Todd Fedoruk, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:20PITPascal DupuisAssists: Jordan Staal, Matt Cooke · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:17PITSergei GoncharPPGWGAssists: Sidney Crosby, Alexei Ponikarovsky · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:40TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:57PITBill Guerin: Interference2 min
  3. P1 8:18PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:17TBLTeddy Purcell: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:03TBLKurtis Foster: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 4:54TBLPaul Szczechura: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:41PITRuslan Fedotenko: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:41TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 6:41TBLVictor Hedman: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 16:20PITJordan Staal: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 19:24PITBrooks Orpik: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 19:24TBLSteve Downie: Cross checking2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITTBL
39Shots on goal22
2.5Expected goals1.6
69Shot attempts35
21Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
10Penalty minutes14
12Hits22
7Blocked shots16
6Giveaways12
5Takeaways6

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 1.6 xGPIT 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #769 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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