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Thu, Mar 7, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Winnipeg Jets 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1130718228
TBL01206111129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:05WPGEric TangradiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:57TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Ryan Malone · Slap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:52WPGBryan LittleGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:45WPGEvander Kane: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:19TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 0:19WPGMark Stuart: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:05WPGOlli Jokinen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 7:57WPGPaul Postma: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:57WPGMark Stuart: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 16:30TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 17:40TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 0:55WPGOlli Jokinen: Too many men on the ice2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lecavalier won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGTBL
28Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.4
54Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won36
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
20Hits23
13Blocked shots15
5Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little11:40

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Wellwood – Slater – Tangradi3:30

    xG 0.19–0.07 (71%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. Antropov – Miettinen – Wright8:59

    xG 0.14–0.24 (36%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Kane – Burmistrov16:32

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bogosian17:03

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Byfuglien3:33

    xG 0.14–0.05 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Postma7:19

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Pyatt – Palat2:25

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Conacher – Palat6:38

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos3:27

    xG 0.17–0.16 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 1–1

  4. Malone – Purcell – Stamkos6:13

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman10:16

    xG 0.41–0.19 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Brewer – Lee2:13

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Carle11:23

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 9–9goals 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 2.4 xGWPG 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #360 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 61% of the time.

TBL winsWPG wins

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

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