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Sat, Nov 2, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

St. Louis Blues 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL1917014230
TBL1619210425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:50STLAlex PietrangeloAssists: David Backes, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:44TBLAlex KillornUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:43TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Alex Killorn, Mark Barberio · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:45STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Patrik Berglund · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:37TBLBrett ConnollyGWGAssists: Radko Gudas, Valtteri Filppula · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:01TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Alex Killorn, Eric Brewer · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:53TBLValtteri Filppula: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:28STLJordan Leopold: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 15:18STLT.J. Oshie: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 17:22TBLRyan Malone: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 1:40TBLMark Barberio: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:34STLVladimir Sobotka: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:00TBLSteven Stamkos: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLTBL
30Shots on goal25
2.3Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
16Hits25
16Blocked shots17
4Giveaways7
6Takeaways9

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBerglund – Tarasenko – Schwartz11:37

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Oshie10:16

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Lapierre – Porter – Reaves5:34

    xG 0.03–0.12 (22%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Sobotka – Stewart7:47

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 4–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk9:16

    xG 0.37–0.19 (65%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Leopold – Polak9:49

    xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:55

    xG 0.56–0.53 (51%)attempts 16–15goals 1–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Killorn – Stamkos13:56

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 12–13goals 2–1

  2. Filppula – Purcell – Connolly2:45

    xG 0.04–0.02 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Thompson – Panik3:35

    xG 0.01–0.06 (14%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Connolly – Palat5:36

    xG 0.09–0.16 (35%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Barberio11:19

    xG 0.49–0.17 (74%)attempts 8–10goals 2–1

  2. Salo – Hedman14:09

    xG 0.51–0.35 (60%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  3. Carle – Gudas13:15

    xG 0.18–0.56 (24%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGSTL 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #579 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 57% of the time.

TBL winsSTL wins

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

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