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Sun, Jan 5, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 50% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1421409327
EDM3120925526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:43TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Matt Carle, Radko Gudas · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:18EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:09EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Sam Gagner, Ryan Smyth · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:42EDMLuke GazdicAssists: Justin Schultz, Ryan Jones · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:47TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:25TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Matt Carle, Teddy Purcell · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:20EDMBoyd GordonGWGAssists: Ales Hemsky, Ryan Smyth · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:30EDMTaylor HallAssists: Andrew Ference, Sam Gagner · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:52EDMJustin Schultz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:39TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:56TBLEric Brewer: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 10:10EDMAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 10:10TBLRyan Malone: Diving2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLEDM
27Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits10
12Blocked shots12
14Giveaways21
3Takeaways12

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. bestSt. Louis – Johnson – Palat13:33

    xG 0.92–0.71 (57%)attempts 21–12goals 1–1

  2. St. Louis – Malone – Panik3:37

    xG 0.15–0.06 (73%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn12:07

    xG 0.40–0.36 (53%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  4. Thompson – Kucherov – Brown9:06

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCote – Hedman5:09

    xG 0.37–0.08 (82%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Salo – Hedman9:03

    xG 0.63–0.43 (59%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  3. Salo – Carle2:04

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Perron – Yakupov10:06

    xG 0.45–0.28 (62%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Gazdic – Arcobello5:15

    xG 0.07–0.04 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Hemsky – Gordon9:58

    xG 0.13–0.40 (24%)attempts 3–10goals 1–1

  4. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:49

    xG 0.47–0.82 (37%)attempts 7–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Marincin13:49

    xG 0.49–0.37 (57%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Schultz – Hunt11:42

    xG 0.26–0.49 (35%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Schultz17:22

    xG 0.79–1.03 (43%)attempts 12–24goals 2–1

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.

EDM 2.5 xGTBL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #221 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 50% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).