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Thu, Apr 4, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 59% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0931328530
CAR016012017045

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:28TBLTeddy PurcellGWGAssists: Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:55TBLTom PyattAssists: Alex Killorn, Eric Brewer · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:17TBLKeith AulieAssists: Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–0
  4. P3 2:24TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Matt Carle · Slap, 0.07 xG4–0
  5. P3 7:30TBLBenoit PouliotAssists: Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:38CARPatrick Dwyer: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 1:42TBLEric Brewer: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:05TBLRadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 11:04TBLRadko Gudas: Interference2 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 20:00Pyatt won the faceoff against Nash
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
30Shots on goal45
3.7Expected goals4.3
55Shot attempts89
31Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
22Hits24
21Blocked shots11
1Giveaways6
14Takeaways10

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. bestPyatt – Purcell – Killorn12:03

    xG 0.77–0.53 (59%)attempts 11–16goals 2–0

  2. St. Louis – Pouliot – Stamkos12:39

    xG 0.87–0.70 (56%)attempts 13–20goals 3–0

  3. Lecavalier – Panik – Connolly9:10

    xG 0.57–0.77 (43%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Crombeen – Tyrell – Johnson6:19

    xG 0.20–0.43 (32%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Carle7:52

    xG 1.16–0.21 (84%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Carle – Gudas6:45

    xG 0.94–0.68 (58%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Brewer – Aulie6:59

    xG 0.83–0.61 (57%)attempts 8–14goals 2–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Staal – Skinner12:21

    xG 1.23–0.71 (63%)attempts 23–9goals 0–0

  2. LaRose – Brent – Westgarth6:09

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Semin – Staal – Tlusty11:50

    xG 0.70–0.99 (41%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Nash – Bowman8:46

    xG 0.18–0.58 (23%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – McBain17:33

    xG 1.51–0.59 (72%)attempts 37–11goals 0–2

  2. Bergeron – Sanguinetti13:50

    xG 0.63–0.52 (55%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Gleason13:21

    xG 0.44–1.46 (23%)attempts 9–21goals 0–2

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 4.3 xGTBL 3.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #670 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 39% (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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 59% 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).