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Sat, Jan 25, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TBL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0721406227
TBL01137211529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:15TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Victor Hedman, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:48TBLMark BarberioAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:04TBLValtteri FilppulaGWGAssists: JT Brown, Nikita Kucherov · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:33COLJohn MitchellAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Tyson Barrie · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:03COLTyson BarrieAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Max Talbot · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:38TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:55TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Victor Hedman, Sami Salo · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:45COLPA Parenteau: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:29COLPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:18TBLB.J. Crombeen: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 18:24TBLMark Barberio: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:22TBLTyler Johnson: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 17:55COLErik Johnson: High sticking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLTBL
27Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits20
16Blocked shots14
5Giveaways10
4Takeaways4

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Stastny – Landeskog13:52

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche4:59

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Parenteau – Talbot – MacKinnon11:13

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  4. McGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene11:57

    xG 0.42–0.67 (39%)attempts 14–17goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Hejda2:04

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson15:56

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 17–16goals 0–2

  3. Benoit – Barrie2:12

    xG 0.15–0.15 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Johnson – Palat12:21

    xG 0.65–0.39 (62%)attempts 17–16goals 3–0

  2. Filppula – Purcell – Killorn9:35

    xG 0.33–0.24 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  3. Filppula – Kucherov – Brown2:55

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Thompson – Kucherov – Brown4:38

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Barberio11:29

    xG 0.41–0.30 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Aulie – Hedman5:39

    xG 0.04–0.02 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Hedman6:52

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 11–7goals 3–2

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 2.6 xGCOL 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #303 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 66% of the time.

TBL winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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