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Sat, Feb 23, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 64% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL113010416539
CAR011012211234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:54TBLMarc-Andre BergeronUnassisted · Snap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:11TBLBenoit PouliotAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis · Snap, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:04CARDrayson BowmanAssists: Riley Nash, Chad LaRose · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:37TBLRichard PanikGWGAssists: Adam Hall, Steven Stamkos · Backhand, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:55TBLTom PyattAssists: Alex Killorn, Eric Brewer · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:11CARChad LaRoseAssists: Bobby Sanguinetti, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:38TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Cory Conacher, Sami Salo · Deflected, 0.13 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:42CARAlexander Semin: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 5:43TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:27CARJoe Corvo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 12:35TBLCory Conacher: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 14:41TBLVictor Hedman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 15:38CARAlexander Semin: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Welsh
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
39Shots on goal34
3.6Expected goals2.7
61Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits22
16Blocked shots12
4Giveaways1
12Takeaways11

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Lecavalier – Pouliot7:13

    xG 0.59–0.20 (74%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Purcell – Stamkos – Conacher8:55

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Crombeen – Panik2:29

    xG 0.12–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Pyatt – Killorn7:11

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Carle12:44

    xG 0.80–0.43 (65%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Lee8:26

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Salo – Hedman9:32

    xG 0.22–0.45 (33%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Dwyer – Staal2:28

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Wallace – Nash4:27

    xG 0.07–0.08 (47%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. LaRose – Westgarth – Welsh2:41

    xG 0.07–0.15 (31%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty8:19

    xG 0.37–0.52 (41%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Faulk8:21

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Sanguinetti – Jordan8:35

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Murphy2:08

    xG 0.00–0.28 (1%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

CAR 2.7 xGTBL 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #336 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 64% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

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