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Wed, Dec 15, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Atlanta Thrashers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

TBL winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ATL1110904040128
TBL01511104011231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:56ATLRich PeverleySHAssists: Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:18TBLSean BergenheimAssists: Randy Jones, Pavel Kubina · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Sean Bergenheim stopped
  2. 2. ATL Bryan Little stopped
  3. 3. TBL Vincent Lecavalier stopped
  4. 4. ATL Andrew Ladd stopped
  5. 5. TBL Teddy Purcell stopped
  6. 6. ATL Rich Peverley stopped
  7. 7. TBL Victor Hedman scored
  8. 8. ATL Evander Kane stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:24ATLZach Bogosian: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:31TBLTeddy Purcell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 17:42TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:51ATLFreddy Modin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 6:03TBLPavel Kubina: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:09TBLSean Bergenheim: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:52TBLRyan Malone: Holding2 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.

ATL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLTBL
28Shots on goal31
2.0Expected goals3.3
55Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won39
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
17Hits22
17Blocked shots14
5Giveaways13
5Takeaways9

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.

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. Boulton – Thorburn – Slater10:10

    xG 0.23–0.22 (50%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  2. Antropov – Ladd – Peverley10:17

    xG 0.21–0.26 (44%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Modin – Stapleton – Burmistrov7:56

    xG 0.12–0.32 (27%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Little – Kane12:07

    xG 0.22–0.62 (26%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSopel – Hainsey10:45

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian2:31

    xG 0.05–0.05 (52%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien14:15

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Gagne – Bergenheim11:06

    xG 0.70–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Moore – Tyrell3:42

    xG 0.04–0.07 (35%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos6:58

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Jones10:21

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Hedman2:45

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Kubina – Hedman2:26

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.3 xGATL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLATL

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 ATL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #716 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 winsATL wins

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

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