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Thu, Feb 17, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 56% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET29211211631
TBL01129020240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:40DETDaniel ClearyPPAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:57DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Daniel Cleary, Niklas Kronwall · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:51TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Simon Gagne · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:38TBLSteve DownieAssists: Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:34DETNiklas KronwallPPGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:00DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Tomas Holmstrom, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–2
  7. P3 11:39DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Jiri Hudler, Daniel Cleary · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:09DETDarren HelmUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG6–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:01TBLRandy Jones: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:51DETJiri Hudler: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:13DETJakub Kindl: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 7:53TBLDwayne Roloson: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  5. P2 15:23TBLVincent Lecavalier: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:57DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 14:35DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
31Shots on goal40
2.4Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
18Hits25
13Blocked shots11
7Giveaways13
5Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHolmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader7:15

    xG 0.47–0.05 (90%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Cleary – Datsyuk – Hudler10:01

    xG 0.51–0.38 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  3. Draper – Eaves – Helm7:48

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen11:31

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRafalski – Kindl3:13

    xG 0.34–0.03 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Kindl3:35

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Kronwall3:07

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Moore – Bergenheim3:56

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Downie – Stamkos12:25

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell2:57

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Gagne – Purcell10:42

    xG 0.59–0.86 (41%)attempts 13–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBergeron – Hedman2:16

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Clark – Hedman8:24

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  3. Clark – Kubina2:24

    xG 0.04–0.03 (59%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.8 xGDET 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #316 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 56% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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