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Mon, Mar 17, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Vancouver Canucks 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0708313328
TBL11021317430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:56TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:54TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:51TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:44VANAlexandre BurrowsPPAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Alexander Edler · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:47TBLTom PyattGWGAssists: JT Brown, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:44VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Nicklas Jensen, Henrik Sedin · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:16VANJannik HansenSHAssists: Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:47TBLRadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:48VANZack Kassian: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:27VANHenrik Sedin: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:27TBLRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 12:17VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:17TBLValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:14VANZack Kassian: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 5:36TBLTom Pyatt: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:30VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTBL
28Shots on goal30
3.1Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
24Hits16
15Blocked shots14
6Giveaways8
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Burrows – Jensen13:55

    xG 1.08–0.49 (69%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Booth – Schroeder – Kassian10:10

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Hansen – Matthias9:46

    xG 0.05–0.77 (6%)attempts 4–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Edler16:21

    xG 0.93–0.51 (64%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev5:12

    xG 0.07–0.02 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Garrison – Stanton3:56

    xG 0.04–0.14 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Palat12:06

    xG 0.55–0.36 (60%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Purcell – Brown6:36

    xG 0.51–0.36 (59%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  3. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson7:55

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Johnson10:19

    xG 0.16–0.17 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman11:55

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Carle – Gudas13:59

    xG 0.66–0.41 (62%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Kostka11:16

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGVAN 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #313 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

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

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

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