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Fri, Jan 3, 2014·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 77% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01326010229
CGY050806019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:23TBLOndrej PalatGWGAssists: Teddy Purcell, Mark Barberio · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:20TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Ondrej Palat, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:10CGYKevin Westgarth: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 5:10TBLNate Thompson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:10CGYShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 9:36CGYKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 9:36TBLRyan Malone: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:38TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 3:01TBLTeddy Purcell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 3:16CGYMichael Cammalleri: Interference2 min
  9. P2 8:12CGYMichael Cammalleri: Closing hand on puck2 min
  10. P2 14:03TBLRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  11. P2 16:19CGYJiri Hudler: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 0:43TBLRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 2:58TBLEric Brewer: Cross checking2 min
  14. P3 18:31CGYMark Giordano: 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 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCGY
29Shots on goal19
3.3Expected goals1.7
55Shot attempts54
23Faceoffs won26
5Power plays5
17Penalty minutes17
9Hits17
21Blocked shots13
15Giveaways15
7Takeaways8

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. bestThompson – Kucherov – Brown4:51

    xG 0.36–0.07 (84%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Malone – Thompson – Panik2:53

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn11:27

    xG 0.58–0.49 (54%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Johnson – Palat9:34

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Gudas2:25

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Barberio4:32

    xG 0.55–0.15 (79%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Carle – Barberio2:57

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Westgarth – Galiardi – Colborne3:45

    xG 0.04–0.01 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Jones – Monahan6:34

    xG 0.12–0.14 (45%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Backlund6:53

    xG 0.13–0.18 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. McGrattan – Stajan – Byron4:24

    xG 0.22–0.49 (32%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Butler8:21

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie12:42

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Giordano2:20

    xG 0.04–0.41 (9%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

CGY 1.7 xGTBL 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1215 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 77% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

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

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