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Thu, Feb 28, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 77% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1308014125
NYR22011517442

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:23NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:40NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:09TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Eric Brewer, Steven Stamkos · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:08NYRMarc StaalPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:27NYRRick NashAssists: Brad Richards, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:07TBLMatt Carle: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:46TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:46NYRStu Bickel: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:09NYRSteve Eminger: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 2:27TBLEric Brewer: Interference2 min
  6. P2 3:53TBLSteven Stamkos: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  7. P2 14:17TBLAlex Killorn: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:46NYRAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:58NYRDan Girardi: Holding2 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 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lecavalier won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYR
25Shots on goal42
3.0Expected goals4.9
47Shot attempts69
19Faceoffs won38
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
16Hits21
23Blocked shots13
7Giveaways11
8Takeaways4

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. bestSt. Louis – Stamkos – Conacher7:50

    xG 0.91–0.04 (96%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Pyatt – Killorn3:00

    xG 0.19–0.17 (53%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Pouliot4:18

    xG 0.11–0.09 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Pouliot – Purcell7:11

    xG 0.22–0.43 (33%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Hedman14:45

    xG 0.82–0.30 (73%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Lee4:56

    xG 0.47–0.41 (54%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Lee2:40

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Callahan – Stepan12:23

    xG 1.04–0.20 (84%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Nash – Hagelin10:05

    xG 0.93–0.51 (65%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Boyle – Miller7:44

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Gaborik – Nash2:14

    xG 0.05–0.29 (13%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Del Zotto2:59

    xG 0.82–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi16:00

    xG 1.07–0.31 (78%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – McDonagh12:05

    xG 0.74–0.43 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

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.

NYR 4.9 xGTBL 3.0 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #533 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYR 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, New York Rangers win this game 77% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

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

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