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Sat, Apr 5, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Dallas Stars 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

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

TBL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL31107210528
TBL0821605229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:40DALJamie BennAssists: Alex Goligoski, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:37DALJamie BennAssists: Ryan Garbutt, Vernon Fiddler · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:26DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Jordie Benn, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:57TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Ondrej Palat, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:44TBLAndrej SustrAssists: Ryan Malone, Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:26DALVernon FiddlerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:57DALAntoine RousselAssists: Ryan Garbutt, Cody Eakin · Backhand, 0.16 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:56TBLRyan Malone: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:33TBLRadko Gudas: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  3. P1 19:33DALAntoine Roussel: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:05TBLSami Salo: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:31TBLRyan Malone: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 16:35DALRyan Garbutt: Holding2 min
  7. P3 13:41DALTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 18:43DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTBL
28Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won33
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes18
14Hits15
8Blocked shots13
3Giveaways7
4Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Eakin – Garbutt8:06

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  2. Horcoff – Fiddler – Sceviour7:16

    xG 0.32–0.41 (44%)attempts 3–5goals 1–1

  3. Cole – Jeffrey – Chiasson7:33

    xG 0.15–0.39 (27%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin10:28

    xG 0.33–0.69 (33%)attempts 8–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Nemeth6:32

    xG 0.39–0.21 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  2. Benn – Dillon15:30

    xG 0.50–0.68 (42%)attempts 12–11goals 2–1

  3. Daley – Goligoski13:41

    xG 0.54–0.89 (38%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Johnson – Palat8:58

    xG 0.81–0.44 (65%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  2. Killorn – Kucherov – Brown5:55

    xG 0.08–0.11 (43%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Callahan – Purcell8:55

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Brewer6:36

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sustr11:07

    xG 0.79–0.38 (67%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  3. Salo – Hedman2:18

    xG 0.09–0.16 (35%)attempts 1–4goals 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 2.7 xGDAL 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #301 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 winsDAL wins

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

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