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Thu, Jan 15, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Edmonton Oilers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

TBL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11018014232
TBL051529319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:52EDMBenoit PouliotSHAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:10TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Matt Carle, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:02EDMBenoit PouliotPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:33TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:59TBLOndrej PalatGWGAssists: Tyler Johnson, Nikita Nesterov · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:04TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:56EDMMatt Hendricks: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:01TBLMark Barberio: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:59TBLMatt Carle: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 18:42TBLAndrej Sustr: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTBL
32Shots on goal19
3.1Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won29
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
25Hits21
14Blocked shots15
5Giveaways7
6Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Pouliot – Yakupov10:48

    xG 0.69–0.29 (70%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:04

    xG 0.52–0.64 (45%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

  3. Purcell – Lander – Fraser10:10

    xG 0.18–0.35 (34%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  4. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer10:07

    xG 0.08–0.43 (16%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Petry13:08

    xG 0.73–0.51 (59%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Klefbom13:43

    xG 0.51–0.28 (64%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  3. Ference – Schultz4:31

    xG 0.08–0.22 (27%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov12:42

    xG 0.88–0.19 (82%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Filppula – Callahan – Paquette9:32

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Callahan – Stamkos6:35

    xG 0.12–0.10 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Connolly – Brown3:14

    xG 0.04–0.07 (39%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Sustr11:45

    xG 0.77–0.50 (61%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Garrison – Nesterov8:20

    xG 0.36–0.19 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Garrison – Sustr4:17

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 6–3goals 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 1.9 xGEDM 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #567 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

TBL winsEDM wins

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

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