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Fri, Nov 12, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 53% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL030617116
PIT062638520

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:01PITPascal DupuisAssists: Kris Letang, Max Talbot · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:28PITAlex GoligoskiGWGAssists: Mike Rupp, Mark Letestu · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:30TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Teddy Purcell · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:12PITMax TalbotUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:44PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Pascal Dupuis · Snap, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:50PITDeryk EngellandAssists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz · Slap, 0.02 xG1–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 12:07TBLSean Bergenheim: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:23PITMike Rupp: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:58TBLJohan Harju: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:37PITKris Letang: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 4:47TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 5:18PITTyler Kennedy: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 8:28PITMike Rupp: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 16:54TBLSean Bergenheim: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 2:23PITBrooks Orpik: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  10. P3 3:05TBLRyan Malone: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 5:20PITPascal Dupuis: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 6:05PITMatt Cooke: Boarding2 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 SOG0PIT
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hall won the faceoff against Malkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPIT
16Shots on goal20
1.8Expected goals2.0
38Shot attempts45
29Faceoffs won30
8Power plays4
12Penalty minutes16
19Hits31
14Blocked shots13
2Giveaways6
4Takeaways1

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. Hall – Thompson – Ritola2:18

    xG 0.00–0.02 (11%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Bergenheim – Purcell4:01

    xG 0.04–0.13 (24%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos10:11

    xG 0.11–0.35 (24%)attempts 2–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Hedman8:30

    xG 0.39–0.10 (80%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Kubina – Hedman2:09

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Ohlund – Jones7:46

    xG 0.01–0.12 (10%)attempts 3–4goals 0–2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestAdams – Rupp – Talbot4:59

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Kennedy – Conner – Letestu7:57

    xG 0.16–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Asham – Cooke – Malkin4:38

    xG 0.12–0.02 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby7:38

    xG 0.16–0.24 (40%)attempts 5–6goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Michalek10:31

    xG 0.62–0.09 (87%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Goligoski10:15

    xG 0.42–0.08 (83%)attempts 10–8goals 3–0

  3. Orpik – Letang12:55

    xG 0.35–0.39 (47%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

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.

PIT 2.0 xGTBL 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #817 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 53% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).