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Thu, Jan 20, 2011·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Atlanta Thrashers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.

ATL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL1909112012331
ATL11211005021229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:26ATLNiclas BergforsAssists: Freddy Meyer, Nigel Dawes · Snap, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:13TBLSteven StamkosUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:12ATLAnthony StewartPPAssists: Nik Antropov, Brent Sopel · Snap, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:32TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Steve Downie, Pavel Kubina · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ATL Bryan Little scored
  2. 2. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  3. 3. ATL Alexander Burmistrov stopped
  4. 4. TBL Adam Hall scored
  5. 5. ATL Andrew Ladd stopped
  6. 6. TBL Ryan Malone stopped
  7. 7. ATL Nigel Dawes stopped
  8. 8. TBL Dominic Moore scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 11:40ATLEric Boulton: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 11:40TBLDominic Moore: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 13:38TBLMattias Ohlund: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 1:01ATLDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 7:44ATLPatrice Cormier: Holding2 min
  6. OT 4:49TBLPavel Kubina: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ATL
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackATL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Burmistrov won the faceoff against Hall
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLATL
31Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals2.3
50Shot attempts47
25Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits20
12Blocked shots10
4Giveaways13
5Takeaways26

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. bestSt. Louis – Downie – Stamkos3:49

    xG 0.48–0.01 (98%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Malone – Moore – Purcell5:04

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos7:03

    xG 0.41–0.24 (62%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  4. Gagne – Malone – Thompson3:52

    xG 0.11–0.01 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Hedman12:11

    xG 0.88–0.18 (83%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Kubina – Jones12:11

    xG 0.69–0.07 (91%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Kubina – Hedman2:24

    xG 0.05–0.02 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. Antropov – Dawes – Stapleton8:17

    xG 0.05–0.07 (44%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Boulton – Thorburn – Burmistrov9:51

    xG 0.08–0.22 (26%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Stewart – Little – Cormier9:25

    xG 0.13–0.36 (27%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Peverley – Bergfors11:27

    xG 0.38–0.94 (29%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Meyer16:56

    xG 0.56–0.67 (45%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Sopel – Oduya14:06

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien18:49

    xG 0.58–1.01 (37%)attempts 16–18goals 0–2

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.

ATL 2.3 xGTBL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ATLTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #609 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 52% of the time.

ATL winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).