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Thu, Nov 21, 2013·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

SJS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL012012113137
SJS2181929536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39SJSTommy WingelsAssists: Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:03SJSBrad StuartGWGAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:47SJSTommy WingelsAssists: Patrick Marleau, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 4:23SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Thornton, Scott Hannan · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:42SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Logan Couture, Justin Braun · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–5
  6. P3 7:39TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Ondrej Palat, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 10:52TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:13SJSTommy Wingels: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:08TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLSJS
37Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals2.7
70Shot attempts65
21Faceoffs won37
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits12
11Blocked shots17
13Giveaways16
7Takeaways5

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. bestMalone – Killorn – Brown9:47

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  2. St. Louis – Filppula – Connolly4:03

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Thompson – Purcell3:19

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Connolly4:19

    xG 0.04–0.23 (16%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Barberio15:51

    xG 0.91–0.49 (65%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  2. Salo – Hedman14:04

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  3. Carle – Gudas16:44

    xG 0.31–1.08 (22%)attempts 23–22goals 0–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Wingels12:29

    xG 0.82–0.50 (62%)attempts 16–19goals 3–0

  2. Brown – Desjardins – Sheppard8:30

    xG 0.33–0.10 (76%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Havlat – Pavelski – Kennedy13:02

    xG 0.19–0.45 (30%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Braun13:41

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 15–19goals 4–0

  2. Hannan – Demers7:44

    xG 0.29–0.22 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Vlasic14:46

    xG 0.33–0.41 (44%)attempts 12–17goals 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.

SJS 2.7 xGTBL 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1038 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

SJS winsTBL wins

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

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