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Sat, Feb 8, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 68% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11411207233
TBL01021127428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:18DETDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:44TBLOndrej PalatPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:19DETTomas JurcoAssists: Riley Sheahan, Danny DeKeyser · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:14TBLTom PyattAssists: Sami Salo, JT Brown · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:49TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Teddy Purcell, Tom Pyatt · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:57TBLOndrej PalatENAssists: Tyler Johnson, Sami Salo · Wrist, 0.54 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:54DETNiklas Kronwall: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:09DETTomas Jurco: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:00TBLNate Thompson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:10TBLMatt Carle: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:55TBLTeddy Purcell: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 18:24DETBrian Lashoff: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
33Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts48
34Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits20
11Blocked shots13
3Giveaways11
3Takeaways8

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist14:49

    xG 0.55–0.42 (57%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco11:39

    xG 0.47–0.46 (51%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Andersson – Glendening8:10

    xG 0.03–0.12 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Datsyuk – Helm11:29

    xG 0.36–0.50 (42%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser17:34

    xG 0.66–0.19 (77%)attempts 25–11goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson16:53

    xG 0.74–0.64 (54%)attempts 17–13goals 0–2

  3. Kronwall – Smith2:33

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKucherov – Namestnikov – Brown9:48

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Johnson – Palat11:04

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Purcell – Killorn7:33

    xG 0.30–0.30 (49%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  4. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson8:34

    xG 0.17–0.24 (42%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman10:35

    xG 0.32–0.14 (70%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Gudas2:33

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Hedman2:20

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

TBL 3.0 xGDET 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #587 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 68% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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