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Sat, Mar 16, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 55% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0801014122
TBL1102818426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:54TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Alex Killorn, Cory Conacher · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:35TBLOndrej PalatGWGAssists: Sami Salo, Tyler Johnson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:55TBLNate ThompsonAssists: B.J. Crombeen, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:54TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:21CAREric StaalAssists: Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:45CARJoe Corvo: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 11:25TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 14:29TBLOndrej Palat: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
22Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals1.8
59Shot attempts45
22Faceoffs won36
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
19Hits20
10Blocked shots21
5Giveaways7
8Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Staal – Skinner14:37

    xG 0.66–0.35 (66%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty14:12

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Brent – Bowman2:27

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Wallace – Nash2:08

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Faulk14:27

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – McBain2:46

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Gleason8:44

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Tyrell – Johnson – Palat6:34

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Pyatt – Killorn – Conacher10:10

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson13:12

    xG 0.25–0.28 (48%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

  4. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos12:34

    xG 0.28–0.81 (26%)attempts 5–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman15:12

    xG 0.43–0.20 (68%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  2. Aulie – Gudas7:00

    xG 0.30–0.29 (50%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Gudas7:22

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 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.

TBL 1.8 xGCAR 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #612 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 55% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

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

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