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Mon, Oct 20, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL061919224
EDM0521117323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:21TBLBrian BoyleAssists: Brenden Morrow, Jason Garrison · Backhand, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:36EDMJustin SchultzAssists: Nail Yakupov, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:57EDMTaylor HallUnassisted · Backhand, 0.37 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:55TBLBrett ConnollyAssists: Tyler Johnson · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:35EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:41EDMJesse Joensuu: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:33EDMTaylor Hall: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:51TBLBrett Connolly: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:57TBLMatt Carle: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P2 19:20EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:20TBLJT Brown: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:54TBLVladislav Namestnikov: High sticking2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLEDM
24Shots on goal23
1.5Expected goals2.3
43Shot attempts50
32Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
9Hits15
11Blocked shots14
7Giveaways14
8Takeaways9

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. bestCallahan – Stamkos – Palat7:27

    xG 0.26–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Boyle – Connolly6:38

    xG 0.16–0.01 (94%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Kucherov – Namestnikov – Brown8:06

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Stamkos – Palat3:19

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Sustr14:38

    xG 0.43–0.23 (66%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Carle – Stralman14:27

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Brewer – Barberio12:43

    xG 0.41–0.47 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPurcell – Perron – Draisaitl10:19

    xG 0.58–0.32 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 0–2

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Joensuu9:34

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Arcobello – Yakupov7:21

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:19

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Petry17:27

    xG 0.84–0.39 (69%)attempts 20–14goals 0–1

  2. Nikitin – Schultz14:14

    xG 0.41–0.54 (43%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  3. Fayne – Marincin13:47

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

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.

EDM 2.3 xGTBL 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #448 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

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

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

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