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Thu, Mar 3, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01011305128
BOS0811317228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:04TBLEric BrewerAssists: Blair Jones, Steve Downie · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:06BOSSteven KampferAssists: Chris Kelly, Rich Peverley · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:18BOSMilan LucicGWGAssists: David Krejci, Nathan Horton · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:55BOSMilan Lucic: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:47TBLAdam Hall: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:38TBLSteve Downie: Misconduct10 min
  4. P2 6:38BOSShawn Thornton: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 8:17TBLMattias Ohlund: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 10:10TBLEric Brewer: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:10BOSNathan Horton: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 10:10BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 10:10BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 15:23BOSDennis Seidenberg: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 9:46TBLEric Brewer: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hall won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLBOS
28Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals2.2
49Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
21Penalty minutes23
17Hits27
7Blocked shots14
6Giveaways5
1Takeaways3

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. bestThompson – Ritola – Tyrell7:07

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Downie – Jones – Purcell3:57

    xG 0.10–0.08 (57%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Moore – Bergenheim9:48

    xG 0.11–0.11 (49%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. St. Louis – Gagne – Stamkos11:11

    xG 0.21–0.32 (39%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Hedman3:01

    xG 0.56–0.07 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Clark – Hedman13:05

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Ohlund – Brewer12:42

    xG 0.10–0.21 (31%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic11:45

    xG 0.90–0.18 (84%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand11:05

    xG 0.48–0.28 (64%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Kelly – Peverley8:14

    xG 0.09–0.01 (90%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:31

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Boychuk3:53

    xG 0.56–0.08 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk10:29

    xG 0.44–0.04 (91%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Kaberle – Boychuk2:26

    xG 0.16–0.03 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

BOS 2.2 xGTBL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #719 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 57% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

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

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