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Tue, Mar 22, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

New York Islanders 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 64% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1112829528
TBL19011118238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:01TBLNate ThompsonAssists: Teddy Purcell, Vincent Lecavalier · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:22NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: Milan Jurcina · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:16NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Milan Jurcina, Michael Grabner · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:39NYIMatt MartinGWGAssists: Jack Hillen, Zenon Konopka · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:08NYIFrans NielsenSHUnassisted · Slap, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 10:31TBLDominic MoorePPAssists: Sean Bergenheim, Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:14NYIMichael GrabnerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.62 xG5–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:58TBLBlair Jones: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:58NYIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:32TBLMartin St. Louis: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 0:52NYIPA Parenteau: Interference2 min
  5. P3 5:08TBLEric Brewer: Interference2 min
  6. P3 7:38NYIBlake Comeau: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 9:02NYIRadek Martinek: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:36NYIJohn Tavares: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 14:17NYITravis Hamonic: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:17TBLSean Bergenheim: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 15:37TBLVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 15:37NYIJack Hillen: Holding the stick2 min
  13. P3 18:24NYIMilan Jurcina: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 19:51TBLPavel Kubina: Holding2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
28Shots on goal38
2.0Expected goals2.8
44Shot attempts72
35Faceoffs won27
3Power plays7
18Penalty minutes12
21Hits25
22Blocked shots10
11Giveaways10
6Takeaways9

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Grabner7:49

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Konopka – Haley – Martin6:57

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Comeau – Joensuu – Bailey8:40

    xG 0.07–0.27 (21%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares11:11

    xG 0.09–0.79 (10%)attempts 4–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Jurcina – Hillen12:51

    xG 0.35–0.50 (41%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic11:23

    xG 0.27–0.46 (37%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Martinek – Gervais10:53

    xG 0.11–0.60 (16%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Thompson – Purcell9:57

    xG 0.83–0.36 (70%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Moore – Bergenheim – Tyrell2:56

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Moore – Bergenheim2:59

    xG 0.15–0.04 (80%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Gagne – Stamkos5:54

    xG 0.15–0.20 (42%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Hedman6:40

    xG 0.42–0.07 (86%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Ohlund – Clark8:14

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Kubina – Lundin2:10

    xG 0.24–0.08 (74%)attempts 5–4goals 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 xGNYI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #562 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 64% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

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

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