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Thu, Nov 13, 2014·Amalie Arena, Tampa

San Jose Sharks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01721408239
TBL0908116133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:23SJSJoe ThorntonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:37SJSTyler KennedyGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Antti Niemi · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:35TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Andrej Sustr, Valtteri Filppula · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:52TBLRadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:30SJSTomas Hertl: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 2:19SJSMatt Nieto: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:37TBLTyler Johnson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 18:37TBLJonathan Drouin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 2:39SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:29SJSTommy Wingels: Tripping2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Marleau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSTBL
39Shots on goal33
3.1Expected goals2.7
71Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
15Hits21
12Blocked shots17
4Giveaways10
8Takeaways4

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Nieto9:58

    xG 0.74–0.44 (63%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl11:50

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Kennedy – Desjardins – McGinn6:20

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Sheppard – Wingels – Goodrow10:14

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun14:02

    xG 0.95–0.51 (65%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Demers13:13

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Hannan – Braun2:09

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov10:47

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Callahan – Killorn6:46

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Boyle – Brown4:14

    xG 0.17–0.14 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Filppula – Callahan – Stamkos4:23

    xG 0.21–0.23 (47%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Stralman12:44

    xG 0.44–0.24 (64%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Garrison – Gudas12:28

    xG 0.60–0.51 (54%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Gudas2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 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.

TBL 2.7 xGSJS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #952 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsSJS wins

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

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