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Sat, Dec 11, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL114350311523
VAN171921100427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:23VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:05TBLNate ThompsonAssists: Ryan Malone, Randy Jones · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:05TBLBrett ClarkPPAssists: Dominic Moore, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:02TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Mike Lundin · Deflected, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:59VANManny MalhotraPPAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Cory Schneider · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:01TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:38VANHenrik SedinPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Cory Schneider · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:13VANKeith BallardUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:34TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Martin St. Louis, Ryan Malone · Slap, 0.08 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:03VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:53VANRaffi Torres: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:16TBLAdam Hall: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:29TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:17TBLMatt Smaby: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 8:32TBLMarc-Antoine Pouliot: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:23VANRyan Kesler: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Moore
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLVAN
23Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals1.8
41Shot attempts56
21Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits23
16Blocked shots12
5Giveaways6
7Takeaways9

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. bestGagne – Malone – Thompson7:26

    xG 0.32–0.13 (72%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos9:28

    xG 0.10–0.22 (32%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Moore – Bergenheim9:43

    xG 0.14–0.28 (33%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Jones8:14

    xG 0.52–0.05 (91%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  2. Ohlund – Lundin15:22

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 5–13goals 2–0

  3. Clark – Hedman12:18

    xG 0.37–0.34 (53%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestAndersson – Bolduc – Glass3:59

    xG 0.21–0.01 (95%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kesler – Tambellini11:24

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen11:48

    xG 0.18–0.41 (31%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows11:21

    xG 0.28–1.00 (22%)attempts 12–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlberts – Rome12:02

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Alberts2:02

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Ballard – Edler15:27

    xG 0.39–0.67 (37%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

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.

VAN 1.8 xGTBL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #41 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.41 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 64% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

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

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