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Tue, Oct 21, 2014·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Calgary Flames 1 (OT)

Expected result

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

CGY winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL05071713222
CGY08071601122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:12CGYDennis WidemanPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:44TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Jason Garrison, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:00TBLOndrej PalatGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Tyler Johnson · Backhand, 0.25 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:12CGYMark Giordano: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 18:12TBLJT Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 10:55TBLMike Blunden: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:26TBLValtteri Filppula: Interference2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyle won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCGY
22Shots on goal22
2.3Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts42
27Faceoffs won25
0Power plays2
9Penalty minutes5
11Hits21
8Blocked shots18
7Giveaways12
4Takeaways8

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. bestFilppula – Stamkos – Drouin17:19

    xG 0.78–0.37 (68%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Connolly – Palat12:29

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  3. Kucherov – Namestnikov – Brown6:40

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Boyle – Blunden8:01

    xG 0.15–0.53 (22%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Sustr18:29

    xG 0.69–0.47 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Barberio15:54

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Stralman17:45

    xG 0.33–0.70 (32%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Bouma – Bollig9:19

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Raymond – Gaudreau – Monahan10:03

    xG 0.21–0.09 (70%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Byron – Backlund11:09

    xG 0.44–0.47 (49%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Glencross – Colborne – Jooris11:10

    xG 0.01–0.57 (2%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Smid12:46

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Smid2:26

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Russell16:25

    xG 0.35–0.55 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 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.

CGY 2.1 xGTBL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #582 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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.

CGY winsTBL wins

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

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