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Wed, Mar 9, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 60% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI15114110020331
TBL2101709041430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:07TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Brett Clark · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:43CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:44TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Steven Stamkos, Adam Hall · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:20TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Victor Hedman, Simon Gagne · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:39CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:30CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson, Brent Seabrook · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Vincent Lecavalier stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. TBL Steven Stamkos stopped
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  5. 5. TBL Martin St. Louis scored
  6. 6. CHI Marian Hossa stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:20TBLSteven Stamkos: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P3 4:09CHITomas Kopecky: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 19:03CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
31Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts49
31Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
30Hits27
8Blocked shots10
7Giveaways11
5Takeaways8

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Toews – Kane15:56

    xG 0.97–0.38 (72%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Dowell – Brouwer – Frolik3:26

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Pisani – Dowell – Brouwer3:04

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Bickell – Frolik8:02

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson16:36

    xG 0.73–0.38 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Campoli8:36

    xG 0.47–0.35 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Leddy14:12

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Bergenheim – Thompson5:25

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  2. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos16:53

    xG 0.57–0.46 (55%)attempts 10–14goals 2–1

  3. Gagne – Moore – Bergenheim2:42

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell4:45

    xG 0.19–0.43 (31%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Hedman15:08

    xG 0.77–0.26 (75%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. Bergeron – Hedman2:48

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kubina – Lundin7:29

    xG 0.08–0.09 (46%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

TBL 2.7 xGCHI 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #207 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 60% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).