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Sat, Feb 12, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 59% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR0121521700334
TBL0152181612441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:26TBLSteve DownieAssists: Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:41TBLVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Simon Gagne · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:08CAREric StaalPPAssists: Joni Pitkanen, Erik Cole · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:48TBLSean BergenheimAssists: Dana Tyrell · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:08CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Eric Staal, Tuomo Ruutu · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:27CARErik ColeAssists: Joni Pitkanen, Joe Corvo · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:32TBLMarc-Andre BergeronGWGAssists: Sean Bergenheim · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 1:03TBLSteve Downie: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 3:50CARSergei Samsonov: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 5:32TBLSteve Downie: Charging2 min
  4. P1 5:50CARJeff Skinner: Charging2 min
  5. P1 6:45TBLPavel Kubina: Holding2 min
  6. P1 9:42CARIan White: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 12:55TBLDominic Moore: High sticking2 min
  8. P1 12:55CARTuomo Ruutu: Roughing2 min
  9. P1 19:29CAREric Staal: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 1:40TBLSteven Stamkos: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 6:04CARJoni Pitkanen: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  12. P2 8:50TBLMatt Smaby: Boarding2 min · PPG
  13. P2 12:21CARChad LaRose: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 4:54TBLPavel Kubina: Interference2 min
  15. P3 8:15TBLMatt Smaby: High sticking2 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 Lecavalier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
34Shots on goal41
2.3Expected goals2.8
67Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won35
7Power plays5
14Penalty minutes16
16Hits24
14Blocked shots20
4Giveaways9
8Takeaways9

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. bestCole – LaRose – Staal4:49

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Samsonov – Cole – Staal2:34

    xG 0.02–0.01 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – Dwyer – Sutter2:06

    xG 0.03–0.06 (34%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Staal – Boychuk2:49

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Harrison2:40

    xG 0.13–0.03 (80%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Pitkanen – White8:24

    xG 0.18–0.21 (47%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – McBain7:48

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Downie – Stamkos7:59

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Lecavalier – Gagne – Purcell8:49

    xG 0.41–0.14 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Moore – Tyrell5:05

    xG 0.27–0.15 (63%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Moore – Bergenheim4:45

    xG 0.05–0.22 (18%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Hedman10:49

    xG 0.53–0.21 (72%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Kubina – Smaby2:47

    xG 0.15–0.03 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Smaby – Jones2:30

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 2.8 xGCAR 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #119 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 59% 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).