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Sat, Jan 11, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 69% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1741018625
PHI015311012338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:33TBLAlex KillornUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:21TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Matt Carle · Snap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:44PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:28TBLRyan MaloneAssists: Nate Thompson, B.J. Crombeen · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:14PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Scott Hartnell, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:35PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Andrej Meszaros · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 15:41TBLValtteri FilppulaGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Teddy Purcell · Backhand, 0.23 xG4–3
  8. P2 19:03TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Tyler Johnson, Radko Gudas · Snap, 0.07 xG5–3
  9. P3 18:12TBLRyan MaloneENAssists: B.J. Crombeen, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.56 xG6–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:56PHISteve Downie: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:39TBLRyan Malone: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:53TBLVictor Hedman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 1:18PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:42TBLRyan Malone: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:42PHIBraydon Coburn: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 10:42TBLRyan Malone: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:47TBLB.J. Crombeen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 15:09PHIScott Hartnell: Illegal check to head2 min
  10. P3 18:55PHISteve Downie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 18:55TBLRadko Gudas: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
25Shots on goal38
3.5Expected goals4.8
41Shot attempts77
25Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
12Penalty minutes10
20Hits23
19Blocked shots7
13Giveaways4
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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Kucherov – Brown9:31

    xG 0.79–0.18 (82%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson4:37

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 5–6goals 1–1

  3. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn8:57

    xG 0.64–0.64 (50%)attempts 6–15goals 2–0

  4. St. Louis – Johnson – Palat12:32

    xG 0.46–0.58 (45%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gudas11:09

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 9–14goals 4–0

  2. Hedman – Gudas2:09

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Gudas3:14

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Simmonds – Schenn13:13

    xG 1.09–0.50 (69%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Lecavalier – McGinn – Couturier4:35

    xG 0.20–0.12 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl10:02

    xG 0.57–0.54 (51%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  4. Hall – VandeVelde – McGinn3:39

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Meszaros2:37

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn9:31

    xG 0.58–0.18 (76%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann2:03

    xG 0.07–0.03 (72%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

PHI 4.8 xGTBL 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #166 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 69% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).