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Sat, Mar 22, 2014·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL08182800324
PIT061132911429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:29PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Zatkoff · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:44TBLValtteri FilppulaPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:17TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Alex Killorn, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:07PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Matt Niskanen, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:43PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:38TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Radko Gudas, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:27PITJames NealPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Slap, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:51TBLRyan Malone: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 13:05PITRobert Bortuzzo: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:32TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:36TBLSteven Stamkos: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:53TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:19TBLSami Salo: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:19PITJames Neal: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 15:26PITMarcel Goc: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:33TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. OT 1:11TBLMichael Kostka: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPIT
24Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.5
38Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won36
2Power plays6
14Penalty minutes6
24Hits24
12Blocked shots7
4Giveaways10
2Takeaways5

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPurcell – Killorn – Stamkos14:06

    xG 0.61–0.09 (86%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Malone – Thompson – Pyatt7:32

    xG 0.43–0.27 (61%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Callahan – Palat11:25

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  4. Johnson – Panik – Brown10:45

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gudas15:34

    xG 1.01–0.22 (82%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  2. Brewer – Kostka11:56

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Brewer2:01

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. Pyatt – Goc – Glass6:20

    xG 0.02–0.09 (16%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Adams – Sutter – Gibbons7:10

    xG 0.21–0.44 (32%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Jokinen – Malkin – Neal10:08

    xG 0.13–0.40 (24%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  4. Kunitz – Stempniak – Crosby12:24

    xG 0.31–0.62 (33%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Maatta15:20

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 13–3goals 1–1

  2. Orpik – Bortuzzo14:25

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Scuderi – Despres11:48

    xG 0.20–0.91 (18%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

PIT 2.5 xGTBL 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PIT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PIT is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #61 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.71 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

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

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