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Thu, Oct 13, 2011·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL11101608135
NYI41511405534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:36NYIJohn TavaresUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:10TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Marc-Andre Bergeron · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:28NYIMatt MoulsonGWGAssists: John Tavares, Mark Eaton · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:15NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Matt Moulson, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P1 18:39NYIPA ParenteauAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–4
  6. P2 6:47NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 7:24NYIMark Streit: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 11:49TBLVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:51TBLPavel Kubina: Interference2 min
  4. P3 5:14NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:34TBLVincent Lecavalier: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 7:38NYIJohn Tavares: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 7:38TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:24NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:07TBLMattias Ritola: Cross checking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Reasoner won the faceoff against Moore
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYI
35Shots on goal34
3.6Expected goals4.6
61Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits29
13Blocked shots15
6Giveaways9
18Takeaways20

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. bestSt. Louis – Stamkos – Connolly8:03

    xG 0.68–0.17 (80%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Hall – Shannon – Ritola3:40

    xG 0.11–0.42 (21%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Lecavalier – Malone – Purcell4:47

    xG 0.44–0.81 (35%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. Moore – Thompson – Downie4:16

    xG 0.09–0.72 (11%)attempts 2–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBergeron – Gervais11:49

    xG 1.06–0.52 (67%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  2. Kubina – Hedman3:12

    xG 0.47–0.09 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Kubina13:21

    xG 0.87–0.78 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Moulson – Tavares10:29

    xG 1.61–0.61 (72%)attempts 14–8goals 4–0

  2. Pandolfo – Reasoner – Martin8:40

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Rolston – Comeau – Bailey9:13

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner10:41

    xG 0.64–1.35 (32%)attempts 9–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Streit14:15

    xG 1.33–0.37 (78%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. Mottau – Eaton12:39

    xG 1.09–1.23 (47%)attempts 10–19goals 3–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic16:07

    xG 0.32–1.49 (18%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

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.

NYI 4.6 xGTBL 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #894 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).