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Tue, Dec 17, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, New York Islanders 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL01308214012336
NYI012111110011234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:11NYIKyle OkposoPPAssists: John Tavares, Brock Nelson · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:21NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Michael Grabner, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:07TBLValtteri FilppulaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:56TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: JT Brown, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Thomas Vanek stopped
  2. 2. TBL Valtteri Filppula scored
  3. 3. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  4. 4. TBL Nikita Kucherov scored
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:27TBLRadko Gudas: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:16NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 4:16TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 12:56TBLTyler Johnson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:26NYICal Clutterbuck: Illegal check to head2 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYI
36Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals3.5
73Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
24Hits28
9Blocked shots27
8Giveaways13
7Takeaways21

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 – Palat2:15

    xG 0.68–0.09 (88%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Kucherov – Brown3:25

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Kucherov – Brown8:40

    xG 0.38–0.40 (49%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Johnson – Palat11:18

    xG 0.45–0.65 (41%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gudas16:04

    xG 1.15–0.94 (55%)attempts 26–11goals 1–0

  2. Brewer – Barberio4:12

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Taormina10:24

    xG 0.49–0.57 (46%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Grabner – Bailey11:22

    xG 1.30–0.17 (88%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares12:59

    xG 1.14–0.74 (61%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Regin – Martin7:28

    xG 0.03–0.34 (9%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Nelson – Strome10:21

    xG 0.21–0.54 (28%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan16:20

    xG 1.22–0.66 (65%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Hickey15:49

    xG 0.77–0.54 (59%)attempts 15–23goals 1–0

  3. Strait – Hamonic3:40

    xG 0.16–0.00 (97%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

NYI 3.5 xGTBL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #286 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

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

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