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Sat, Nov 8, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Tampa Bay Lightning 7, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 85% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL41521815738
CBJ04211217432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:46TBLJT BrownAssists: Jason Garrison, Andrej Sustr · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:07TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Vladislav Namestnikov · Snap, 0.31 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:31TBLAnton StralmanPPAssists: Ryan Callahan, Steven Stamkos · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P1 14:41TBLBrian BoyleAssists: Brenden Morrow, JT Brown · Snap, 0.19 xG4–0
  5. P2 4:11CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: James Wisniewski, Tim Erixon · Tip-in, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P2 5:38TBLRyan CallahanGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Radko Gudas · Deflected, 0.29 xG5–1
  7. P2 8:10CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–2
  8. P2 10:05TBLTyler JohnsonPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.06 xG6–2
  9. P3 1:01CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Brian Gibbons, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.04 xG6–3
  10. P3 5:10CBJNick FolignoPPAssists: James Wisniewski, Tim Erixon · Wrist, 0.22 xG6–4
  11. P3 19:09TBLTyler JohnsonENAssists: Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.66 xG7–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:23CBJDalton Prout: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:10CBJTim Erixon: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 min
  3. P1 18:45TBLEric Brewer: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:11TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:27TBLAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:31CBJDalton Prout: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:42TBLJonathan Drouin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 4:12TBLAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 19:09CBJRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 19:09TBLRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:09CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 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 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCBJ
38Shots on goal32
5.0Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts63
27Faceoffs won38
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
24Hits37
21Blocked shots9
2Giveaways2
5Takeaways3

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. bestMorrow – Boyle – Brown9:35

    xG 1.37–0.34 (80%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  2. Filppula – Callahan – Stamkos13:46

    xG 0.97–0.40 (71%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  3. Namestnikov – Paquette – Drouin9:57

    xG 0.77–0.26 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov10:26

    xG 0.61–0.51 (54%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Gudas10:52

    xG 1.34–0.24 (85%)attempts 21–7goals 2–0

  2. Carle – Stralman18:00

    xG 0.98–0.58 (63%)attempts 16–19goals 0–1

  3. Brewer – Sustr12:11

    xG 0.70–0.38 (65%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Atkinson – Jenner12:37

    xG 0.86–0.70 (55%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Atkinson – Gibbons – Jenner3:10

    xG 0.01–0.07 (10%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Foligno – Johansen2:30

    xG 0.03–0.25 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Johansen – Gibbons10:02

    xG 0.07–0.35 (17%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tyutin – Savard14:53

    xG 0.52–1.06 (33%)attempts 10–15goals 0–3

  2. St-Denis – Prout14:59

    xG 0.32–1.11 (22%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

  3. Wisniewski – Erixon15:21

    xG 0.65–1.56 (29%)attempts 22–21goals 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.

CBJ 2.5 xGTBL 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #251 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 85% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

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

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