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Sat, Nov 22, 2014·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Minnesota Wild 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN07112012131
TBL0821109228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:11MINZach PariseAssists: Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:42TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Anton Stralman, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:07TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:08TBLAndrej Sustr: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 11:50MINRyan Carter: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:01MINRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 2:56TBLBrian Boyle: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 18:43TBLTyler Johnson: Holding2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINTBL
31Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals2.0
62Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits23
15Blocked shots18
8Giveaways7
6Takeaways10

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Niederreiter – Fontaine9:16

    xG 0.27–0.09 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Parise – Granlund11:09

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Brodziak – Carter – Haula6:00

    xG 0.15–0.30 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Zucker – Coyle11:21

    xG 0.10–0.43 (19%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Scandella – Prosser10:42

    xG 0.22–0.18 (54%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Ballard – Prosser2:41

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ballard – Dumba6:09

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov14:29

    xG 0.97–0.26 (79%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos10:16

    xG 0.49–0.10 (83%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Connolly – Drouin7:39

    xG 0.07–0.22 (23%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Brown – Paquette8:14

    xG 0.06–0.28 (18%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Stralman16:29

    xG 0.69–0.27 (72%)attempts 21–14goals 1–0

  2. Barberio – Gudas13:04

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  3. Garrison – Sustr14:53

    xG 0.40–0.20 (66%)attempts 11–13goals 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 2.0 xGMIN 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #931 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 58% of the time.

TBL winsMIN wins

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

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