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Fri, Nov 1, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL03116213332
CAR05012014031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:54TBLVictor HedmanGWGAssists: Nate Thompson, B.J. Crombeen · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:38TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Alex Killorn, Martin St. Louis · Backhand, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:14TBLAlex KillornAssists: Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:21CARTuomo Ruutu: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:07TBLNate Thompson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:25TBLMartin St. Louis: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:06CARNathan Gerbe: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:06TBLEric Brewer: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:00CAREric Staal: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:00TBLMark Barberio: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 5:03TBLMark Barberio: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 5:44CAREric Staal: Hooking2 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 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackCAR 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.

TBLCAR
32Shots on goal31
4.4Expected goals3.0
62Shot attempts68
21Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits22
24Blocked shots15
11Giveaways15
11Takeaways16

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. bestSt. Louis – Killorn – Stamkos9:31

    xG 2.04–0.30 (87%)attempts 21–9goals 2–0

  2. Malone – Filppula – Purcell4:48

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Thompson – Panik2:11

    xG 0.08–0.06 (57%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson4:18

    xG 0.21–0.34 (37%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman12:01

    xG 1.04–0.38 (73%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Brewer – Barberio10:45

    xG 0.75–0.39 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Hedman2:31

    xG 0.08–0.01 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Staal8:43

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Malhotra – Semin – Staal2:12

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Malhotra – Sutter – Bowman2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Staal – Gerbe2:00

    xG 0.04–0.27 (12%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Murphy11:15

    xG 0.75–0.36 (68%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Harrison2:47

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Murphy2:28

    xG 0.06–0.10 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

CAR 3.0 xGTBL 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1090 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 71% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).