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Thu, Nov 18, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 8, Philadelphia Flyers 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 85% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL41139113833
PHI51328011732

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:21PHIAndreas NodlAssists: Nikolay Zherdev, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:03PHINikolay ZherdevAssists: Matt Carle, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:20TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Dan Ellis · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 8:36TBLAdam HallAssists: Nate Thompson, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.51 xG2–2
  5. P1 9:51PHIJeff CarterAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Sean O'Donnell · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P1 13:59TBLRyan MalonePPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Teddy Purcell · Slap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P1 15:34PHIBraydon CoburnAssists: Matt Carle, Ville Leino · Slap, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P1 18:04PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Scott Hartnell, Sean O'Donnell · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–5
  9. P1 18:18TBLBrett ClarkAssists: Dominic Moore, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.05 xG4–5
  10. P2 4:11TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Mike Lundin · Snap, 0.02 xG5–5
  11. P2 4:59PHINikolay ZherdevAssists: Darroll Powe, Chris Pronger · Wrist, 0.23 xG5–6
  12. P2 9:27PHIAndrej MeszarosAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Blair Betts · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–7
  13. P2 9:41TBLSteve DownieAssists: Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.04 xG6–7
  14. P2 18:59TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Martin St. Louis · Snap, 0.06 xG7–7
  15. P3 5:19TBLNate ThompsonGWGAssists: Dana Tyrell, Sean Bergenheim · Wrist, 0.36 xG8–7
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 7:29PHIChris Pronger: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:07PHIMatt Carle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:06PHIClaude Giroux: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 0:33TBLTeddy Purcell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 2:05TBLNate Thompson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 16:23PHIMike Richards: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:34TBLSteve Downie: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 7:34TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 9:56PHIMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 13:49PHIDaniel Brière: Holding the stick2 min
  11. P3 16:37PHIAndrej Meszaros: Clipping2 min
  12. P3 16:37PHIAndrej Meszaros: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 18:51TBLPavel Kubina: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Brière
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
33Shots on goal32
5.1Expected goals2.6
52Shot attempts69
33Faceoffs won37
9Power plays4
10Penalty minutes18
12Hits18
24Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
7Takeaways11

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 – Bergenheim – Thompson5:19

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Malone – Moore – Purcell6:29

    xG 0.40–0.31 (56%)attempts 5–10goals 1–1

  3. St. Louis – Downie – Stamkos8:22

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOhlund – Lundin8:31

    xG 0.70–0.39 (64%)attempts 7–6goals 2–2

  2. Kubina – Lundin4:03

    xG 0.21–0.04 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Kubina3:55

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestZherdev – Richards – Nodl5:57

    xG 0.68–0.26 (72%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

  2. Carter – Giroux – Powe5:17

    xG 0.11–0.05 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Shelley – Betts – van Riemsdyk2:45

    xG 0.04–0.01 (74%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Brière – Hartnell – Leino13:22

    xG 0.50–1.13 (31%)attempts 10–8goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Donnell – Meszaros14:16

    xG 0.74–0.05 (94%)attempts 15–5goals 3–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn9:39

    xG 0.40–0.25 (62%)attempts 14–3goals 0–1

  3. Pronger – Carle8:26

    xG 0.95–1.17 (45%)attempts 11–8goals 3–3

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 2.6 xGTBL 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 100/100 · #6 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.06 · 15 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 85% 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).