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Thu, Dec 11, 2014·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

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

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01001119130
TBL01101125227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:35TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Anton Stralman, Evgeni Nabokov · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 12:03CARJustin FaulkAssists: Riley Nash, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:29TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:12CARTim Gleason: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 6:12TBLBrenden Morrow: Interference2 min
  3. P1 8:24TBLValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:16TBLJason Garrison: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 0:32TBLAndrej Sustr: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:41CARMichal Jordan: Holding2 min
  7. P3 5:17CARRiley Nash: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:59TBLRadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
30Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
11Hits17
14Blocked shots9
6Giveaways7
5Takeaways8

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Terry – Boychuk – Rask7:45

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Dwyer – Malone9:12

    xG 0.18–0.38 (32%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Gerbe – Nash – Lindholm8:49

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  4. Staal – Tlusty – Skinner10:31

    xG 0.06–0.65 (9%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sekera – Jordan2:29

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Gleason2:38

    xG 0.05–0.12 (27%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Jordan9:55

    xG 0.06–0.18 (24%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Stamkos14:19

    xG 1.08–0.37 (75%)attempts 22–10goals 0–1

  2. Connolly – Paquette – Drouin9:08

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Boyle – Brown6:39

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov11:57

    xG 0.25–0.13 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman13:39

    xG 1.18–0.29 (80%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  2. Garrison – Sustr13:44

    xG 0.29–0.13 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Gudas11:19

    xG 0.28–0.22 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 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 2.5 xGCAR 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #573 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 winsCAR wins

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

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