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Fri, Mar 29, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

New Jersey Devils 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 53% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD0731017010425
TBL052829032525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:50NJDAndrei LoktionovAssists: Matt D'Agostini, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:41NJDTom KostopoulosUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:00TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis, Keith Aulie · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:26TBLNate ThompsonAssists: Richard Panik, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:58NJDAndy GreenePPAssists: Matt D'Agostini, Marek Zidlicky · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:39NJDRyan CarterSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:11TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:44TBLAlex KillornAssists: Steven Stamkos, Matt Carle · Slap, 0.09 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Teddy Purcell scored
  2. 2. NJD Travis Zajac stopped
  3. 3. TBL Victor Hedman scored
  4. 4. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:01TBLKeith Aulie: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:06NJDMark Fayne: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:06TBLRadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:06NJDTom Kostopoulos: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:41TBLVictor Hedman: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 12:38TBLKeith Aulie: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:19TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:53TBLSteven Stamkos: Interference2 min
  9. P3 1:52NJDBryce Salvador: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:20TBLRadko Gudas: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  11. OT 1:34NJDMatt D'Agostini: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTBL
25Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals1.9
52Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won28
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
18Hits26
9Blocked shots12
5Giveaways12
9Takeaways9

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Bernier – Gionta – Carter8:41

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  2. Elias – Clarkson – Zajac13:33

    xG 0.63–0.61 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Kostopoulos – Ponikarovsky – Sestito6:40

    xG 0.06–0.09 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. D'Agostini – Henrique – Loktionov10:34

    xG 0.16–0.21 (42%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene13:26

    xG 0.60–0.07 (90%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Salvador – Zidlicky16:17

    xG 0.46–0.47 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Harrold2:51

    xG 0.03–0.19 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Killorn – Stamkos12:59

    xG 0.54–0.30 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 2–1

  2. St. Louis – Stamkos – Conacher2:31

    xG 0.15–0.11 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Pouliot – Purcell10:24

    xG 0.23–0.25 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Panik – Palat8:10

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman10:01

    xG 0.55–0.23 (71%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Aulie – Gudas2:35

    xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

  3. Hedman – Sustr3:18

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 1–2goals 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 1.9 xGNJD 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 98/100 · #17 of 720 this seasonSwing 3.11 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 53% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

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

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0
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+7

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