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Wed, Nov 26, 2014·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New York Rangers 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 72% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR250618319
TBL2111919429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:25TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Ryan Callahan · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:00NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:04NYRDan BoylePPAssists: Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:34TBLRyan CallahanPPAssists: Jason Garrison, Steven Stamkos · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:17TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Steven Stamkos, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:38TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Tyler Johnson, Matt Carle · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:49NYRRick NashUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:39NYRMats Zuccarello: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:53TBLBrett Connolly: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:34NYRRick Nash: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:34NYRRick Nash: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 11:14TBLOndrej Palat: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:37TBLMatt Carle: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:34NYRChris Kreider: Cross checking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTBL
19Shots on goal29
1.3Expected goals2.4
44Shot attempts49
23Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits21
7Blocked shots13
6Giveaways9
6Takeaways5

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Hagelin – Hayes – Duclair9:43

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Stepan – Kreider13:18

    xG 0.36–0.38 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello13:39

    xG 0.28–0.62 (31%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

  4. Moore – Glass – Fast5:45

    xG 0.01–0.46 (2%)attempts 1–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Staal7:49

    xG 0.40–0.02 (94%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Hunwick5:19

    xG 0.18–0.08 (70%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal2:20

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Boyle – Paquette6:43

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Connolly – Namestnikov9:32

    xG 0.38–0.12 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos14:47

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov12:53

    xG 0.72–0.58 (55%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Stralman16:33

    xG 0.66–0.31 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Barberio – Gudas17:23

    xG 0.56–0.27 (68%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Garrison – Sustr13:48

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 12–11goals 1–2

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 2.4 xGNYR 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #473 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 72% of the time.

TBL winsNYR wins

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

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