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Tue, Jan 31, 2012·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Washington Capitals 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

TBL winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH1811011002330
TBL1102110614431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:55WSHMatt HendricksAssists: Brooks Laich · Backhand, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:50TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Steve Downie, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:05TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Tom Pyatt, Brett Clark · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:59TBLNate ThompsonAssists: Dominic Moore, JT Wyman · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:07WSHMathieu PerreaultUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:53WSHTroy BrouwerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:45TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Martin St. Louis, Mathieu Garon · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 1:30TBLBrett Connolly: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 2:23TBLSteve Downie: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P3 11:41WSHJeff Halpern: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHTBL
30Shots on goal31
1.6Expected goals1.9
52Shot attempts54
21Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
22Hits17
15Blocked shots14
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways6

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Laich – Brouwer12:24

    xG 0.52–0.36 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. Chimera – Laich – Brouwer2:07

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Semin – Perreault – Johansson12:14

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 9–18goals 1–0

  4. Knuble – Chimera – Halpern10:02

    xG 0.13–0.20 (40%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Orlov10:26

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Alzner13:54

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  3. Erskine – Alzner4:00

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 1–7goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestDownie – Purcell – Stamkos9:38

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Pyatt8:55

    xG 0.30–0.11 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  3. Moore – Thompson – Wyman8:44

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 13–5goals 1–1

  4. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos2:37

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGervais – Mikkelson10:25

    xG 0.36–0.08 (83%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Clark – Gilroy8:34

    xG 0.30–0.06 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 2–1

  3. Gervais – Hedman4:01

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

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 1.9 xGWSH 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #223 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 winsWSH wins

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

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