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Mon, Dec 20, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 77% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1110209122
TBL21131805534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:48TBLDominic MooreAssists: Teddy Purcell, Dana Tyrell · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:52CARSergei SamsonovPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:59TBLMartin St. LouisGWGAssists: Ryan Malone, Dominic Moore · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:51TBLBrett ClarkAssists: Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:26TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–4
  6. P2 18:58TBLSean BergenheimPPAssists: Brett Clark, Vincent Lecavalier · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:16TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:16CARJussi Jokinen: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 2:26TBLBrett Clark: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:15TBLPavel Kubina: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:08TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:12CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:49CARRyan Carter: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:00TBLMatt Smaby: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 6:00CARTroy Bodie: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 7:56TBLDominic Moore: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 14:50CARJoni Pitkanen: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  12. P3 16:22CARJoe Corvo: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 19:28TBLDominic Moore: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
22Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals3.5
58Shot attempts60
20Faceoffs won33
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes17
27Hits19
13Blocked shots23
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Jokinen – Sutter11:45

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Staal – Skinner8:50

    xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Bodie – Carter – Boychuk6:17

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Samsonov – LaRose – Dwyer9:06

    xG 0.17–0.38 (31%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Corvo – Gleason12:45

    xG 0.70–0.66 (52%)attempts 19–14goals 0–1

  2. Pitkanen – White6:41

    xG 0.05–0.05 (54%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Harrison – White10:29

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Thompson – Tyrell8:38

    xG 0.47–0.03 (94%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – Gagne – Bergenheim8:52

    xG 0.27–0.18 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos6:16

    xG 0.30–0.37 (45%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Hedman3:27

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Ohlund – Lundin11:11

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Clark – Hedman10:09

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

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 3.5 xGCAR 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #845 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 77% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

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

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