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Thu, Oct 14, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 55% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1518111324
PHI1140814226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:11TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Steve Downie, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:03PHINikolay ZherdevAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:49TBLDominic MooreAssists: Adam Hall, Brett Clark · Backhand, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:27TBLPavel KubinaGWGAssists: Steve Downie, Martin St. Louis · Slap, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:59PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Ville Leino, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:45TBLSteve Downie: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 2:32TBLSean Bergenheim: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:07PHIBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:41PHIChris Pronger: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:59PHISean O'Donnell: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 3:59TBLSteve Downie: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 4:49TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  8. P2 7:10PHIBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min
  9. P2 10:40TBLVictor Hedman: Cross checking2 min
  10. P2 16:31PHIMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 10:33PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 14:41PHIMatt Carle: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brière won the faceoff against Moore
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
24Shots on goal26
3.2Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won24
6Power plays4
13Penalty minutes17
8Hits16
19Blocked shots16
12Giveaways8
10Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Moore – Thompson6:00

    xG 0.67–0.27 (71%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. St. Louis – Downie – Stamkos9:25

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  3. Lecavalier – Gagne – Malone4:20

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Lecavalier – Gagne – Purcell4:12

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Lundin10:34

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Vernace5:12

    xG 0.29–0.33 (47%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

  3. Clark – Hedman11:45

    xG 0.41–0.49 (45%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Richards – van Riemsdyk4:21

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Zherdev – Giroux – van Riemsdyk5:50

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Brière – Carter – Richards2:09

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Shelley – Betts – Powe2:36

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Donnell – Coburn2:13

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn12:53

    xG 0.48–0.47 (51%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Pronger – Carle10:59

    xG 0.45–0.53 (46%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

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.

PHI 3.0 xGTBL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #640 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 55% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

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