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Mon, Oct 17, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Florida Panthers 7, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 55% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA28213312733
TBL210113116439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:15FLATomas KopeckyPPAssists: Ed Jovanovski, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:22TBLTeddy PurcellPPAssists: Ryan Shannon, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:00TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Adam Hall, Nate Thompson · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:12FLAStephen WeissPPAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Brian Campbell · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:35FLAKris VersteegPPAssists: Stephen Weiss, Brian Campbell · Slap, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:17FLASean BergenheimSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P2 16:21TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Matt Gilroy · Snap, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 0:25FLAKris VersteegPPGWGAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Stephen Weiss · Snap, 0.08 xG5–3
  9. P3 10:53TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Matt Gilroy, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–4
  10. P3 15:28FLAStephen WeissAssists: Kris Versteeg, Ed Jovanovski · Wrist, 0.09 xG6–4
  11. P3 16:47FLAJason GarrisonPPAssists: Brian Campbell, Kris Versteeg · Slap, 0.05 xG7–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 4:35TBLAdam Hall: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:51TBLRyan Malone: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:51FLAErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 7:26FLATomas Fleischmann: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 7:26TBLSteve Downie: Misconduct10 min
  6. P1 11:31FLATomas Kopecky: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 14:09TBLMatt Gilroy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P1 16:21TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 0:46TBLMartin St. Louis: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P2 11:14FLADmitry Kulikov: Holding2 min
  11. P2 18:39TBLDominic Moore: Slashing2 min · PPG
  12. P3 8:33TBLSteve Downie: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 15:52TBLPavel Kubina: Tripping2 min · PPG
  14. P3 16:02TBLEric Brewer: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  15. P3 19:28TBLMattias Ritola: Boarding2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goc won the faceoff against Lecavalier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
33Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals2.6
60Shot attempts56
39Faceoffs won29
9Power plays3
11Penalty minutes33
20Hits21
8Blocked shots12
8Giveaways10
6Takeaways4

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Kopecky – Upshall – Booth6:41

    xG 0.03–0.14 (18%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg9:07

    xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Bradley – Matthias – Carter8:15

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  4. Goc – Bergenheim – Skille12:29

    xG 0.31–0.54 (37%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Garrison3:41

    xG 0.16–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Gudbranson2:14

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Garrison10:24

    xG 0.19–0.38 (34%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Downie – Stamkos7:35

    xG 0.26–0.13 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Malone – Moore – Connolly4:05

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Thompson – Purcell5:11

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBergeron – Gilroy11:21

    xG 0.63–0.15 (81%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. Brewer – Hedman9:36

    xG 0.40–0.33 (55%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Kubina10:29

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 5–9goals 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 2.6 xGFLA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #60 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 55% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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