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Sat, Dec 21, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 79% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR181100801227
TBL11901311711350

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:35CARJiri TlustyAssists: Patrick Dwyer, Riley Nash · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:12TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:11CARJiri TlustySHAssists: Eric Staal, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:56TBLMartin St. LouisPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Valtteri Filppula · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:16TBLRadko GudasGWGAssists: Nate Thompson · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:06CARRadek Dvorak: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:01CARTuomo Ruutu: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:29TBLRadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:48CARBrett Bellemore: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 17:53CARTim Gleason: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:02TBLRadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  7. P3 6:49CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
27Shots on goal50
1.7Expected goals3.5
53Shot attempts72
33Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
18Hits17
14Blocked shots14
3Giveaways6
7Takeaways7

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Semin – Gerbe – Staal11:04

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Dwyer – Tlusty – Nash8:27

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Dvorak – Malhotra – Bowman8:38

    xG 0.18–0.67 (21%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Staal – Skinner14:02

    xG 0.16–0.76 (18%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Faulk2:03

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – Bellemore2:49

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – Harrison4:21

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Kucherov – Brown9:57

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn12:00

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. St. Louis – Johnson – Palat12:47

    xG 0.50–0.44 (53%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Killorn – Panik2:31

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Cote3:49

    xG 0.68–0.10 (87%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Gudas17:21

    xG 0.95–0.42 (69%)attempts 25–18goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Hedman5:58

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

TBL 3.5 xGCAR 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #595 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 79% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

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

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