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Thu, Nov 4, 2010·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

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

LAK winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL090906024
LAK0907110126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:20LAKJustin WilliamsGWGAssists: Ryan Smyth, Jarret Stoll · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:59TBLMattias Ohlund: Boarding5 min
  2. P2 9:26LAKAlexei Ponikarovsky: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:15TBLMathieu Roy: Interference2 min
  4. P3 6:31LAKDrew Doughty: Charging2 min
  5. P3 13:01TBLSteve Downie: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 13:01LAKWillie Mitchell: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 13:01TBLSteve Downie: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 13:16LAKJack Johnson: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:03TBLSean Bergenheim: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 15:51TBLPavel Kubina: 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 SOG0LAK
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stamkos won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLLAK
24Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals1.8
51Shot attempts47
26Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
26Penalty minutes11
36Hits29
13Blocked shots13
12Giveaways15
3Takeaways0

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. bestSt. Louis – Downie – Stamkos8:58

    xG 0.82–0.25 (77%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell6:17

    xG 0.39–0.23 (62%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Lecavalier – Malone – Bergenheim3:10

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Malone – Ritola – Jones3:03

    xG 0.03–0.11 (21%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Lundin16:44

    xG 0.93–0.12 (88%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Jones8:05

    xG 0.47–0.41 (53%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Ohlund – Clark14:21

    xG 0.27–0.78 (26%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Ponikarovsky – Simmonds9:54

    xG 0.50–0.19 (73%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Parse – Kopitar9:54

    xG 0.23–0.13 (65%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Lewis – Clifford5:35

    xG 0.13–0.26 (33%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Williams – Stoll9:26

    xG 0.29–0.93 (24%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Johnson12:54

    xG 0.68–0.13 (84%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Drewiske10:10

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Doughty15:29

    xG 0.33–1.04 (24%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

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.

LAK 1.8 xGTBL 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1070 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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.

LAK winsTBL wins

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

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