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Tue, Dec 6, 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 75% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1801105124
NYI31401129534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:55TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Brett Clark, Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:01NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Matt Moulson, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:26NYIMatt MartinGWGAssists: Tim Wallace, Marty Reasoner · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:54NYIMilan JurcinaPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Mark Streit · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:19NYIDavid UllstromAssists: Josh Bailey, Steve Staios · Slap, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:25NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: John Tavares, Mark Streit · Snap, 0.09 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:12NYIFrans Nielsen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:06TBLNate Thompson: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:27NYIDylan Reese: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:25TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:55TBLMarc-Andre Bergeron: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 9:36TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:22NYIMilan Jurcina: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 16:17TBLSteven Stamkos: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stamkos won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYI
24Shots on goal34
1.5Expected goals2.8
48Shot attempts60
29Faceoffs won24
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
12Hits21
18Blocked shots17
6Giveaways9
8Takeaways14

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. bestLecavalier – Pyatt – Purcell4:55

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Moore – Connolly2:50

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Pyatt – Tyrell3:57

    xG 0.01–0.10 (12%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Malone – Purcell5:43

    xG 0.04–0.14 (20%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Hedman8:35

    xG 0.66–0.47 (58%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Clark – Bergeron3:22

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Gervais7:46

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Moulson – Tavares12:13

    xG 0.94–0.61 (61%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Rolston – Nielsen – Okposo10:50

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Wallace – Bailey – Ullstrom6:47

    xG 0.20–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Reasoner – Haley – Martin6:26

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMottau – Reese13:00

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Hamonic10:57

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 2–1

  3. Staios – Jurcina12:38

    xG 0.19–0.53 (26%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

NYI 2.8 xGTBL 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #858 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 75% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

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

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