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Sun, Apr 21, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR3150904328
TBL010111116237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:16CARAlexander SeminAssists: Eric Staal · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:45CARJiri TlustyAssists: Alexander Semin, Joe Corvo · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:46CARJiri TlustyGWGAssists: Eric Staal, Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P2 10:07TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Sami Salo, Martin St. Louis · Slap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:16TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Vincent Lecavalier · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:40TBLRichard Panik: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 0:00TBLKeith Aulie: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:29TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:29CARNicolas Blanchard: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:41TBLRadko Gudas: Clipping2 min
  6. P2 9:23CARJay Harrison: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:19CARJiri Tlusty: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 17:22TBLPierre-Cedric Labrie: Cross checking2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
28Shots on goal37
2.3Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts63
27Faceoffs won37
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
17Hits25
10Blocked shots8
8Giveaways10
7Takeaways3

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. bestSemin – Staal – Tlusty13:32

    xG 0.63–0.56 (53%)attempts 9–15goals 3–0

  2. Ruutu – Staal – Skinner12:22

    xG 0.33–0.35 (49%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. LaRose – Dwyer – Nash7:49

    xG 0.28–0.30 (48%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. Blanchard – Wallace – Skinner3:51

    xG 0.00–0.12 (2%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bergeron – McBain7:16

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – McBain2:19

    xG 0.07–0.07 (48%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. McBain – Sanguinetti3:47

    xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Killorn – Panik11:49

    xG 0.55–0.18 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie9:25

    xG 0.46–0.12 (79%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos12:19

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  4. Lecavalier – Malone – Tyrell8:42

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Gudas10:16

    xG 0.61–0.16 (80%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Gudas3:22

    xG 0.22–0.05 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Carle14:29

    xG 0.67–0.51 (57%)attempts 19–14goals 0–1

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 2.6 xGCAR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #285 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% 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).