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Tue, Jan 10, 2012·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Vancouver Canucks 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN2921404011528
TBL0721429010431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:36VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Alexander Sulzer, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:16VANJannik HansenSHAssists: Dan Hamhuis · Snap, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:12TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Ryan Malone, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:27VANManny MalhotraAssists: Mike Duco, Keith Ballard · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:28TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Steven Stamkos, Matt Gilroy · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:58VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mason Raymond, Cody Hodgson · Wrist, 0.33 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:14TBLSteve DownieAssists: Pavel Kubina, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.28 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:59TBLRyan MaloneAssists: Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier · Tip-in, 0.13 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Ryan Malone stopped
  2. 2. VAN Kevin Bieksa stopped
  3. 3. TBL Dominic Moore stopped
  4. 4. VAN Mason Raymond scored
  5. 5. TBL Steven Stamkos stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:11TBLMartin St. Louis: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 7:38VANAndrew Alberts: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:50VANKeith Ballard: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:26TBLDominic Moore: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:12TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 14:02VANAlexandre Burrows: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. OT 4:20TBLEric Brewer: Holding2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTBL
28Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts61
34Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
27Hits27
14Blocked shots16
8Giveaways7
8Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Raymond – Hodgson11:05

    xG 0.59–0.47 (55%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  2. Higgins – Lapierre – Hansen10:57

    xG 0.37–0.37 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows11:03

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  4. Malhotra – Duco – Weise6:07

    xG 0.47–0.57 (45%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSulzer – Edler13:46

    xG 0.86–0.63 (58%)attempts 15–12goals 2–1

  2. Hamhuis – Edler2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Alberts – Ballard13:09

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Downie – Stamkos5:12

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos2:32

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Pyatt – Tyrell6:32

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Lecavalier – Moore – Connolly2:16

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBergeron – Mikkelson5:13

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Gervais5:29

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Clark – Bergeron2:09

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.1 xGVAN 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #34 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.67 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 57% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

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

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