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Thu, Oct 3, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 50% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01518010133
BOS1619110325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:39BOSChris KellyUnassisted · Backhand, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:32TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Eric Brewer, Alex Killorn · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:00BOSMilan LucicGWGAssists: David Krejci · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:02BOSPatrice BergeronSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:32TBLMatt Carle: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:12BOSReilly Smith: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:39TBLMark Barberio: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P1 18:04BOSAdam McQuaid: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 18:04BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 18:04TBLPierre-Cedric Labrie: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:11BOSGregory Campbell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 9:06BOSJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 9:06TBLRadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 2:03BOSShawn Thornton: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 2:06BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  12. P3 3:38TBLRyan Malone: Interference2 min
  13. P3 19:37TBLRadko Gudas: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stamkos won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLBOS
33Shots on goal25
2.3Expected goals2.3
53Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won39
5Power plays3
16Penalty minutes20
20Hits14
16Blocked shots12
4Giveaways4
4Takeaways6

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. bestFilppula – Purcell – Killorn7:54

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos12:19

    xG 0.44–0.22 (67%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Panik – Palat9:40

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie5:55

    xG 0.37–0.41 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Barberio10:18

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  2. Carle – Barberio3:09

    xG 0.22–0.13 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Sustr3:19

    xG 0.01–0.01 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Caron – Smith8:39

    xG 0.69–0.38 (64%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic10:52

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand13:07

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:18

    xG 0.12–0.45 (22%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk14:59

    xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – Hamilton15:17

    xG 0.54–0.39 (58%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – McQuaid2:15

    xG 0.13–0.22 (37%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

BOS 2.3 xGTBL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #933 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 50% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

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

-7
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-5
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).