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Thu, Apr 25, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0909012030
BOS0428012224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:22BOSDennis SeidenbergGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Tyler Seguin · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:31BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Gregory Campbell, Shawn Thornton · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:21BOSChris Kelly: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:00BOSAndrew Ference: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:00TBLBenoit Pouliot: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:16BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:30BOSPatrice Bergeron: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 17:22BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 17:22TBLKeith Aulie: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 16:43TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 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 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Peverley won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLBOS
30Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals1.6
53Shot attempts49
20Faceoffs won36
3Power plays1
12Penalty minutes16
20Hits18
13Blocked shots15
14Giveaways18
7Takeaways8

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. bestLecavalier – Killorn – Panik11:19

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Pyatt – Tyrell7:46

    xG 0.43–0.17 (71%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos12:22

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie9:03

    xG 0.02–0.45 (4%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Aulie4:07

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Gudas4:53

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Aulie – Gudas10:24

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Peverley – Lucic9:48

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:14

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin11:39

    xG 0.26–0.30 (47%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Jagr – Kelly – Soderberg9:52

    xG 0.12–0.16 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRedden – McQuaid14:38

    xG 0.41–0.29 (58%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Seidenberg16:01

    xG 0.43–0.42 (50%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  3. Ference – Boychuk12:55

    xG 0.23–0.69 (25%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

BOS 1.6 xGTBL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #673 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 62% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

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

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