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Sun, Jan 23, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Atlanta Thrashers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 7

Expected result

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

TBL winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ATL0130415122
TBL01451629739

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:14TBLNate ThompsonSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:56TBLDana TyrellGWGAssists: Dominic Moore, Pavel Kubina · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:39TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Mike Lundin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:05TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Steve Downie · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 17:40TBLSimon GagneAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–5
  6. P3 5:32TBLPavel KubinaAssists: Teddy Purcell · Slap, 0.02 xG0–6
  7. P3 10:56TBLSimon GagnePPAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–7
  8. P3 15:57ATLRich PeverleyAssists: Niclas Bergfors · Snap, 0.04 xG1–7
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:53TBLMattias Ohlund: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:11TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 9:19ATLTim Stapleton: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:25ATLRich Peverley: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 10:25ATLRich Peverley: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 10:25TBLDominic Moore: Roughing2 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 20:00Stamkos won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLTBL
22Shots on goal39
1.3Expected goals4.0
43Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
22Hits19
16Blocked shots10
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways8

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. bestBoulton – Thorburn – Burmistrov10:30

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Modin – Peverley – Bergfors12:24

    xG 0.39–0.63 (39%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  3. Stewart – Little – Cormier12:11

    xG 0.02–0.43 (4%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

  4. Antropov – Dawes – Stapleton11:06

    xG 0.42–1.01 (29%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Sopel – Meyer12:19

    xG 0.57–0.79 (42%)attempts 15–14goals 1–4

  2. Hainsey – Bogosian16:39

    xG 0.44–0.66 (40%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Byfuglien3:36

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Bergenheim – Ritola10:01

    xG 0.84–0.02 (97%)attempts 18–2goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Downie – Stamkos11:39

    xG 0.78–0.16 (83%)attempts 18–7goals 2–1

  3. Lecavalier – Gagne – Purcell12:36

    xG 0.90–0.45 (66%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  4. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell11:13

    xG 0.05–0.40 (10%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOhlund – Lundin13:58

    xG 0.92–0.24 (79%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  2. Kubina – Jones14:49

    xG 0.83–0.32 (72%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Clark – Hedman13:53

    xG 0.67–0.28 (71%)attempts 24–8goals 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 4.0 xGATL 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1017 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 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 89% 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).