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Mon, Nov 22, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Boston Bruins 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 89% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0708112127
TBL01132005336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:26TBLDana TyrellAssists: Randy Jones, Nate Thompson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:15TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Martin St. Louis, Steve Downie · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:36TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Dominic Moore, Ryan Malone · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:38BOSMichael RyderAssists: Blake Wheeler, Jordan Caron · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:55BOSShawn Thornton: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:47BOSDennis Seidenberg: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 1:28TBLSteve Downie: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 4:20BOSShawn Thornton: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 7:36TBLSteve Downie: Too many men on the ice2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTBL
27Shots on goal36
1.2Expected goals3.8
54Shot attempts59
21Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits21
9Blocked shots13
8Giveaways4
4Takeaways6

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Ryder – Wheeler – Caron6:00

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  2. Recchi – Bergeron – Seguin7:58

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic14:13

    xG 0.23–0.66 (26%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand9:20

    xG 0.22–1.08 (17%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Stuart2:56

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – Hunwick5:43

    xG 0.10–0.02 (83%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Seidenberg2:28

    xG 0.07–0.15 (30%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMalone – Moore – Purcell9:46

    xG 0.73–0.11 (87%)attempts 13–5goals 1–1

  2. St. Louis – Downie – Stamkos12:59

    xG 0.96–0.42 (69%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell2:33

    xG 0.25–0.04 (85%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Hall – Bergenheim – Thompson8:00

    xG 0.10–0.08 (57%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Jones14:11

    xG 1.64–0.18 (90%)attempts 18–13goals 3–0

  2. Lundin – Hedman2:00

    xG 0.15–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Hedman8:50

    xG 0.21–0.20 (50%)attempts 5–9goals 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 3.8 xGBOS 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #999 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 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 89% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

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

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