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Thu, Mar 22, 2012·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Edmonton Oilers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.

TBL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM015110111002236
TBL0721001033321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:24TBLTom PyattPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Brett Connolly · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:57EDMLinus OmarkAssists: Ryan Whitney, Ryan Smyth · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:18TBLTom PyattAssists: JT Wyman, Tim Wallace · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:13EDMLadislav SmidAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Tom Pyatt stopped
  2. 2. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  3. 3. TBL Ryan Malone stopped
  4. 4. EDM Sam Gagner scored
  5. 5. TBL Steven Stamkos scored
  6. 6. EDM Linus Omark stopped
  7. 7. TBL Martin St. Louis scored
  8. 8. EDM Ales Hemsky scored
  9. 9. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  10. 10. EDM Teemu Hartikainen stopped
  11. 11. TBL Teddy Purcell scored
  12. 12. EDM Ryan Smyth stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:34EDMRyan Smyth: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:46EDMRyan Smyth: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:26TBLBrendan Mikkelson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:13EDMAndy Sutton: Hooking2 min
  5. OT 3:00EDMJeff Petry: Tripping2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTBL
36Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals2.3
61Shot attempts46
21Faceoffs won27
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
27Hits18
15Blocked shots14
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Hartikainen13:02

    xG 0.46–0.05 (90%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins2:07

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Horcoff – Omark11:07

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  4. Belanger – Hemsky – Eager2:58

    xG 0.08–0.04 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry14:28

    xG 0.72–0.26 (73%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Sutton – Potter11:06

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Schultz – Whitney14:17

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestWyman – Pyatt – Wallace7:25

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  2. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos4:03

    xG 0.02–0.18 (9%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Smith9:45

    xG 0.24–0.44 (36%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Purcell – Stamkos – Connolly10:56

    xG 0.18–0.71 (21%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCommodore – Mikkelson2:06

    xG 0.20–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Mikkelson2:35

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Lee6:27

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 4–6goals 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 2.3 xGEDM 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #391 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 52% of the time.

TBL winsEDM wins

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

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