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Sat, Jan 21, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Phoenix Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

PHX winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL2721004421
PHX01511229336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:02TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:39TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Steve Downie, Pavel Kubina · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:15TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Trevor Smith, Pierre-Cedric Labrie · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 8:29PHXLauri KorpikoskiSHAssists: Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:39TBLSteve DownieGWGAssists: Vincent Lecavalier · Slap, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:35PHXKeith YandleAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Ray Whitney · Slap, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:01PHXRay WhitneyPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Shane Doan · Slap, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 7:33PHXMartin Hanzal: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:08TBLBrett Clark: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:20TBLBrett Clark: Interference2 min
  4. P3 1:20PHXRay Whitney: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 15:18TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 19:33TBLSteven Stamkos: Cross checking2 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 SOG0PHX
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Lecavalier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHX
21Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals3.4
36Shot attempts74
34Faceoffs won38
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
21Hits26
20Blocked shots10
3Giveaways16
4Takeaways4

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. Lecavalier – Downie – Purcell8:56

    xG 0.65–0.64 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

  2. St. Louis – Smith – Stamkos2:47

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Smith – Tyrell2:22

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Tyrell – Connolly2:31

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Gilroy2:46

    xG 0.17–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Kubina – Brewer13:38

    xG 0.77–0.66 (54%)attempts 9–16goals 3–0

  3. Clark – Gervais2:19

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Hanzal13:43

    xG 0.84–0.17 (83%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Torres – Chipchura3:34

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Torres – Chipchura – Brule7:36

    xG 0.35–0.24 (60%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  4. Doan – Gordon – Korpikoski9:38

    xG 0.44–0.38 (54%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Ekman-Larsson16:29

    xG 0.91–0.40 (69%)attempts 26–10goals 0–1

  2. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson3:07

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Summers6:17

    xG 0.16–0.08 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

PHX 3.4 xGTBL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #353 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHX 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, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

PHX winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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