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Tue, Oct 29, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

NJD winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL041904117
NJD0102705222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:36NJDAdam HenriqueSHAssists: Patrik Elias · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:54NJDJaromir JagrGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:23TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Ryan Malone · Snap, 0.61 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 0:21NJDAnton Volchenkov: Interference2 min
  2. P2 14:15NJDAdam Henrique: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 5:39TBLAndrej Sustr: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 5:39NJDRyan Carter: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 9:36TBLRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 15:08NJDMichael Ryder: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:15TBLTeddy Purcell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 19:56NJDRyan Carter: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Loktionov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNJD
17Shots on goal22
1.9Expected goals1.6
27Shot attempts34
23Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
12Hits21
6Blocked shots5
9Giveaways1
3Takeaways3

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. bestJohnson – Panik – Palat5:49

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn7:03

    xG 0.20–0.22 (47%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Killorn – Panik3:05

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie5:38

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gudas16:53

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Hedman2:37

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

  3. Salo – Hedman12:53

    xG 0.05–0.16 (25%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZubrus – Zajac – Brunner9:08

    xG 0.38–0.12 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter9:30

    xG 0.14–0.07 (66%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Olesz – Henrique9:40

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Elias – Loktionov11:24

    xG 0.14–0.45 (23%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Zidlicky14:04

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Greene3:05

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Greene12:45

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 8–4goals 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.

NJD 1.6 xGTBL 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #998 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 58% of the time.

NJD winsTBL wins

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

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