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Wed, Nov 30, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL082609223
DET21805212435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Todd Bertuzzi, Johan Franzen · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:04DETJonathan EricssonAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:35TBLMartin St. LouisPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:46TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Matt Gilroy, Vincent Lecavalier · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:22DETTomas HolmstromPPGWGAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:14DETDarren HelmAssists: Jakub Kindl, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 18:37TBLSteven Stamkos: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 4:39DETTodd Bertuzzi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 8:09DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:28TBLNate Thompson: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 0:23DETFabian Brunnstrom: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 4:13TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:35DETJiri Hudler: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 14:45TBLVincent Lecavalier: High sticking double minor4 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
23Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals3.3
49Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won44
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
23Hits14
14Blocked shots19
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways15

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. bestHall – Thompson – Tyrell6:18

    xG 0.15–0.08 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Malone – Downie – Purcell3:50

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos7:03

    xG 0.54–0.60 (47%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Moore – Pyatt – Connolly8:08

    xG 0.05–0.13 (27%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Hedman12:06

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 8–9goals 0–2

  2. Clark – Kubina11:27

    xG 0.21–0.38 (35%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

  3. Bergeron – Gilroy12:24

    xG 0.18–0.47 (28%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen11:23

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  2. Cleary – Helm – Brunnstrom6:55

    xG 0.07–0.05 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Filppula – Hudler9:49

    xG 0.38–0.39 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader7:09

    xG 0.09–0.34 (22%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – White14:28

    xG 0.73–0.31 (70%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Kindl6:45

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Kronwall4:54

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

DET 3.3 xGTBL 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #395 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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