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

Minnesota Wild 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 73% of the time.

TBL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN360715418
TBL11609013138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:16MINCal ClutterbuckPPAssists: Matt Cullen, Martin Havlat · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:31TBLMartin St. LouisPPAssists: Brett Clark, Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:55MINJohn MaddenGWGAssists: Martin Havlat, Marek Zidlicky · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:30MINAntti MiettinenPPAssists: Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:11MINEric NystromENAssists: Martin Havlat, John Madden · Wrist, 0.62 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:32TBLSteve Downie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:52MINJustin Falk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:05MINCal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:16TBLMattias Ohlund: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:20MINNick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:44TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:44MINMarco Scandella: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 6:27TBLSteve Downie: Slashing2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Moore won the faceoff against Madden
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINTBL
18Shots on goal38
1.7Expected goals3.0
36Shot attempts73
36Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits14
16Blocked shots9
7Giveaways8
5Takeaways6

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Cullen – Clutterbuck – Wellman3:47

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Earl – Staubitz5:44

    xG 0.03–0.20 (12%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Madden – Havlat – Nystrom9:49

    xG 0.24–0.52 (32%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  4. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu12:54

    xG 0.05–0.65 (7%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Barker – Falk7:34

    xG 0.14–0.21 (39%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Barker3:45

    xG 0.03–0.12 (20%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Scandella3:47

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Downie – Stamkos13:47

    xG 0.84–0.19 (82%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Bergenheim – Ritola – Purcell5:24

    xG 0.33–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell7:08

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Malone – Moore – Harju5:43

    xG 0.21–0.17 (54%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Hedman14:42

    xG 0.77–0.32 (71%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. Ohlund – Jones9:57

    xG 0.42–0.10 (80%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Ohlund – Lundin2:29

    xG 0.23–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

TBL 3.0 xGMIN 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #837 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 73% of the time.

TBL winsMIN wins

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

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