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Sat, Jan 18, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

San Jose Sharks 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS21431305532
TBL31311006429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:46SJSMatt NietoAssists: Patrick Marleau, Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:56TBLMartin St. LouisPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:52SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Matt Nieto, Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:44TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Jean-Philippe Cote, Ben Bishop · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P1 19:30TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: JT Brown, Mark Barberio · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 2:07TBLMartin St. LouisPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Tyler Johnson · Slap, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P2 12:48SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P2 13:09SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Dan Boyle, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.36 xG4–4
  9. P2 19:00SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Matt Irwin, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:39SJSTyler Kennedy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:49SJSEriah Hayes: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:29TBLBen Bishop: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:11SJSPatrick Marleau: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 13:01TBLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:50TBLJean-Philippe Cote: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 6:50SJSAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 6:50SJSAndrew Desjardins: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 6:50TBLJean-Philippe Cote: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 7:57SJSMatt Irwin: Holding2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSTBL
32Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won39
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
19Hits19
13Blocked shots15
5Giveaways6
7Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Wingels – Nieto11:49

    xG 0.85–0.28 (75%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  2. Sheppard – McCarthy – Hayes6:27

    xG 0.29–0.28 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – Desjardins – Kearns8:50

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Braun14:20

    xG 0.78–0.67 (54%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers7:18

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Irwin12:27

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Kucherov – Brown8:39

    xG 0.40–0.06 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Johnson – Palat14:32

    xG 0.97–0.67 (59%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Panik2:13

    xG 0.05–0.06 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn11:09

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman9:25

    xG 0.51–0.11 (82%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Brewer – Barberio10:05

    xG 0.33–0.21 (61%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Gudas2:48

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

TBL 2.5 xGSJS 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #110 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 57% of the time.

TBL winsSJS wins

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

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