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Sat, Oct 19, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Boston Bruins 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1103715522
TBL090509023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Milan Lucic, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:37BOSAdam McQuaidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:52BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Reilly Smith, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:47BOSChris KellyAssists: Brad Marchand, Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–0
  5. P3 0:34BOSShawn ThorntonAssists: Daniel Paille · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–0
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:02TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:02BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:09TBLSami Salo: Holding2 min
  4. P1 8:29BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 13:26BOSDennis Seidenberg: Interference2 min
  6. P2 6:25TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 9:06BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 10:13TBLMatt Carle: Holding2 min
  9. P3 5:25TBLEric Brewer: Holding2 min
  10. P3 13:35BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 13:35TBLNate Thompson: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 14:24BOSJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 14:24TBLRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:24BOSJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 14:24TBLRadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 14:24BOSDavid Krejci: Tripping2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTBL
22Shots on goal23
1.5Expected goals1.6
45Shot attempts42
32Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
25Penalty minutes25
16Hits28
8Blocked shots14
8Giveaways7
5Takeaways9

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic10:24

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 7–12goals 2–0

  2. Eriksson – Bergeron – Smith10:32

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:52

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Soderberg – Marchand8:20

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Krug2:47

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug9:09

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Chara – McQuaid2:11

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos2:53

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos7:14

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  3. Purcell – Johnson – Palat6:43

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie6:42

    xG 0.16–0.21 (42%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Sustr9:56

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Gudas2:55

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Salo – Hedman6:43

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–3

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 1.6 xGBOS 1.5 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1125 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

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

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