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Thu, Mar 13, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Florida Panthers 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA21105211427
TBL2721318528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:44FLATomas FleischmannPPAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:38TBLSami SaloAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:50FLAQuinton HowdenAssists: Jimmy Hayes, Brandon Pirri · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 8:18TBLMichael KostkaAssists: Teddy Purcell · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:04TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Ondrej Palat, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:53TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:47TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:55FLAScottie UpshallAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:33FLABrandon PirriAssists: Alexander Petrovic, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:14TBLTom Pyatt: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:43TBLRadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:07FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:41FLAQuinton Howden: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:52FLADylan Olsen: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:26FLAAlexander Petrovic: Boarding2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
27Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals2.1
46Shot attempts55
19Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
14Hits18
14Blocked shots8
2Giveaways13
7Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Pirri – Howden8:51

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  2. Gomez – Barch – Crabb4:25

    xG 0.08–0.03 (77%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Fleischmann – Trocheck – Huberdeau9:12

    xG 0.31–0.27 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Boyes – Upshall – Bjugstad11:29

    xG 0.30–0.68 (31%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Olsen2:01

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Olsen – Petrovic11:04

    xG 0.18–0.18 (51%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  3. Campbell – Petrovic2:20

    xG 0.01–0.05 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Palat11:25

    xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 18–8goals 2–0

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Johnson12:00

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Purcell – Panik7:35

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Thompson – Kucherov – Brown7:54

    xG 0.08–0.24 (26%)attempts 5–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Kostka12:16

    xG 0.52–0.23 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Salo – Hedman13:29

    xG 0.35–0.34 (50%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  3. Carle – Gudas17:12

    xG 0.45–0.53 (46%)attempts 14–18goals 1–1

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.

TBL 2.1 xGFLA 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #192 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 54% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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