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Wed, Feb 23, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 81% of the time.

TBL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0611329328
TBL51921218839

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:59TBLTeddy PurcellUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:01TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Johan Harju, Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:54TBLMartin St. LouisPPAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Backhand, 0.34 xG0–3
  4. P1 14:55TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Brett Clark, Vincent Lecavalier · Snap, 0.16 xG0–4
  5. P1 17:54TBLVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.06 xG0–5
  6. P2 2:43TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Randy Jones · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–6
  7. P2 8:17TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Simon Gagne · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–7
  8. P2 12:28PHXMartin HanzalAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Radim Vrbata · Snap, 0.08 xG1–7
  9. P3 4:52TBLAdam HallAssists: Sean Bergenheim, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–8
  10. P3 9:16PHXKyle TurrisAssists: Shane Doan, David Schlemko · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–8
  11. P3 10:44PHXDavid SchlemkoAssists: Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.02 xG3–8
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:33PHXShane Doan: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:28PHXNolan Yonkman: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:55PHXShane Doan: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:37PHXMichal Rozsival: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 5:50TBLMattias Ohlund: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:32TBLMarc-Andre Bergeron: Holding2 min
  7. P3 19:40TBLDominic Moore: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:40PHXKyle Turris: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXTBL
28Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals4.0
59Shot attempts66
33Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
29Hits25
11Blocked shots16
10Giveaways6
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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Ebbett – Turris5:34

    xG 0.41–0.16 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  2. Doan – Belanger – Korpikoski8:28

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 14–4goals 1–1

  3. Pyatt – Vrbata – Hanzal3:30

    xG 0.08–0.01 (85%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Fiddler – Stempniak – Boedker3:00

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Ekman-Larsson3:47

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Lepisto – Ekman-Larsson6:38

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Yonkman – Lepisto2:47

    xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Gagne – Purcell8:07

    xG 0.58–0.29 (67%)attempts 8–14goals 3–0

  2. Hall – Moore – Bergenheim10:46

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Lecavalier – Gagne – Thompson2:12

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Harju – Stamkos3:58

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Jones12:36

    xG 0.89–0.27 (77%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0

  2. Bergeron – Jones2:50

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Ohlund – Brewer13:15

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 10–18goals 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 xGPHX 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #448 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 81% of the time.

TBL winsPHX wins

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

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