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Tue, Feb 21, 2012·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Anaheim Ducks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

TBL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA08211011230
TBL271603316

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:28TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Ryan Malone, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:58TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Brett Clark, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:40ANASaku KoivuAssists: Bobby Ryan, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:40TBLTeddy PurcellGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos, Matt Gilroy · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:38ANABobby RyanAssists: Saku Koivu · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:22ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:37TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:17ANATeemu Selanne: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 4:57TBLBrett Connolly: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANATBL
30Shots on goal16
1.8Expected goals1.4
59Shot attempts33
25Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits21
10Blocked shots16
8Giveaways9
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Ryan14:44

    xG 0.46–0.11 (80%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Cogliano2:38

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Blake – Getzlaf – Perry11:24

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Beleskey – Bonino7:25

    xG 0.11–0.15 (41%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler18:59

    xG 0.60–0.30 (66%)attempts 20–10goals 2–1

  2. Lydman – Brookbank15:00

    xG 0.28–0.18 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Visnovsky – Sbisa15:08

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Wyman – Pyatt – Smith8:11

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos15:18

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 11–13goals 2–1

  3. Shannon – Angelidis – Connolly4:00

    xG 0.05–0.09 (35%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Malone – Thompson11:55

    xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Clark – Gilroy13:30

    xG 0.19–0.21 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  2. Brewer – Hedman19:51

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 10–22goals 1–0

  3. Gervais – Mikkelson13:55

    xG 0.04–0.57 (6%)attempts 4–14goals 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 1.4 xGANA 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #827 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

TBL winsANA wins

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

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