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Thu, Dec 8, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL0711419011331
NYR1131605060230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:49NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Brad Richards, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:23TBLRyan MaloneUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:23NYRArtem AnisimovSHAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Brandon Dubinsky · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:03TBLDominic MooreSHAssists: Victor Hedman, Eric Brewer · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR John Mitchell stopped
  2. 2. TBL Ryan Malone stopped
  3. 3. NYR Brad Richards stopped
  4. 4. TBL Dominic Moore scored
  5. 5. NYR Marian Gaborik stopped
Penalties (24)
  1. P1 3:46TBLBlair Jones: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 6:33TBLSteve Downie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:51TBLDana Tyrell: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:05NYRCarl Hagelin: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 7:16NYRSteve Eminger: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 8:53NYRMichael Del Zotto: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:53TBLDominic Moore: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 11:53NYRRyan McDonagh: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 13:23TBLMarc-Andre Bergeron: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 13:23TBLMarc-Andre Bergeron: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 13:23NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 13:23NYRArtem Anisimov: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 13:23NYRArtem Anisimov: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P2 13:23TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  15. P2 13:23TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  16. P2 13:23NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  17. P2 13:23NYRArtem Anisimov: Roughing2 min
  18. P2 13:23TBLSteve Downie: Misconduct10 min
  19. P2 13:23NYRArtem Anisimov: Misconduct10 min
  20. P2 15:34NYRMichael Del Zotto: Roughing2 min
  21. P2 15:34TBLDominic Moore: Slashing2 min
  22. P3 1:37TBLTom Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  23. P3 11:54TBLRyan Malone: Roughing2 min
  24. P3 16:10TBLRyan Malone: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYR
31Shots on goal30
3.9Expected goals3.9
63Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won22
4Power plays6
34Penalty minutes30
26Hits25
23Blocked shots18
2Giveaways8
6Takeaways9

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. bestMalone – Downie – Stamkos7:55

    xG 0.64–0.14 (82%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Moore – Shannon – Connolly2:05

    xG 0.07–0.18 (26%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Pyatt – Purcell6:58

    xG 0.15–0.42 (26%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Gilroy7:47

    xG 0.84–0.22 (80%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Gilroy – Hedman3:27

    xG 0.28–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Bergeron2:33

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Boyle – Mitchell – Hagelin3:59

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Anisimov – Stepan6:43

    xG 0.19–0.26 (43%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Avery – Dubinsky – Prust2:30

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Fedotenko – Callahan10:54

    xG 0.19–0.95 (17%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – McDonagh2:16

    xG 0.24–0.06 (81%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – Del Zotto2:31

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Stralman6:30

    xG 0.28–0.50 (36%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

NYR 3.9 xGTBL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #277 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 51% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

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

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