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Sat, Oct 5, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 91% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL000628021316
CHI012213012020239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:59CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Bryan Bickell, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:14CHIBrandon SaadPPAssists: Nick Leddy, Corey Crawford · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:08TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Steven Stamkos, Matt Carle · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:51TBLTeddy PurcellPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. TBL Valtteri Filppula scored
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  4. 4. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  5. 5. CHI Marian Hossa stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:15TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:05TBLRyan Malone: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:25TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:00TBLEric Brewer: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 11:20CHIJonathan Toews: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:26TBLValtteri Filppula: High sticking2 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 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCHI
16Shots on goal39
1.5Expected goals4.4
43Shot attempts72
31Faceoffs won31
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
29Hits19
17Blocked shots17
2Giveaways7
9Takeaways14

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. bestCrombeen – Thompson – Labrie7:56

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn5:45

    xG 0.03–0.03 (51%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Panik – Palat2:47

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Killorn – Panik6:32

    xG 0.07–0.47 (13%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Carle – Sustr2:28

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sustr2:18

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Gudas2:01

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Toews – Kane11:46

    xG 1.56–0.18 (90%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Shaw – Saad7:47

    xG 0.76–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Hossa – Sharp11:58

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Shaw – Saad2:30

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook17:34

    xG 1.49–0.24 (86%)attempts 28–8goals 0–1

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson14:18

    xG 0.89–0.19 (82%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Kostka – Leddy11:10

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 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.

CHI 4.4 xGTBL 1.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #338 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 91% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
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+7

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