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Thu, Oct 20, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

New York Islanders 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 82% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI060417117
TBL1141927430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:32TBLRyan MalonePPAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:14TBLVincent LecavalierGWGAssists: Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:25TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:55NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Mark Streit, Brian Rolston · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:59TBLBrett ClarkAssists: Teddy Purcell · Slap, 0.05 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:08NYIJay Pandolfo: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:13TBLBrett Connolly: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:17NYISteve Staios: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 12:05NYIMarty Reasoner: Interference2 min
  5. P3 13:49TBLSteve Downie: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 0:00TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 0:00NYIJohn Tavares: Slashing2 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
17Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals3.5
39Shot attempts69
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits15
23Blocked shots10
6Giveaways7
6Takeaways7

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. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares15:43

    xG 0.68–0.67 (50%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Okposo – Bailey – Martin2:12

    xG 0.03–0.05 (37%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Rolston – Bailey – Martin4:44

    xG 0.08–0.14 (36%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Rolston – Nielsen – Grabner3:02

    xG 0.15–0.31 (32%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Staios – Streit17:01

    xG 0.81–0.81 (50%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  2. Mottau – Eaton13:39

    xG 0.28–0.67 (29%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic17:45

    xG 0.21–0.82 (20%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Lecavalier – Connolly12:13

    xG 0.76–0.27 (74%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Malone – Purcell – Stamkos10:51

    xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 15–9goals 2–1

  3. Moore – Downie – Jones9:05

    xG 0.39–0.26 (60%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Thompson – Pyatt10:28

    xG 0.51–0.48 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Kubina15:27

    xG 0.83–0.38 (68%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. Brewer – Hedman16:12

    xG 0.83–0.55 (60%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Gilroy15:30

    xG 0.61–0.53 (54%)attempts 15–8goals 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.

TBL 3.5 xGNYI 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #911 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TBL 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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 82% 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).