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Tue, Jan 20, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Vancouver Canucks 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 69% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN04012112128
TBL06110310426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:32TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Steven Stamkos, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:11TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:16TBLBrian BoyleAssists: Brett Connolly, Brenden Morrow · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:09VANFrank CorradoAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Chris Higgins · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:34TBLAlex KillornENAssists: Cedric Paquette, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.58 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:55VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:38VANRadim Vrbata: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 19:52VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:28TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 0:38TBLRyan Callahan: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 1:45TBLCedric Paquette: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:54TBLJonathan Drouin: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:46VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min
  9. P3 10:34TBLBrett Connolly: Illegal check to head2 min
  10. P3 11:17TBLAnton Stralman: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:02VANRadim Vrbata: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 14:12TBLSteven Stamkos: Delaying game face off violation2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTBL
28Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won30
7Power plays5
10Penalty minutes14
15Hits16
18Blocked shots17
10Giveaways6
4Takeaways3

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Dorsett – Horvat7:19

    xG 0.35–0.17 (68%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Burrows – Vey6:52

    xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Matthias – Bonino – Kassian10:04

    xG 0.09–0.15 (38%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata10:19

    xG 0.22–0.61 (26%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev12:06

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Sbisa2:43

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Corrado9:52

    xG 0.24–0.24 (49%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Stamkos10:06

    xG 0.63–0.24 (73%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Morrow – Boyle – Connolly4:59

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Connolly – Paquette2:32

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov8:41

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Nesterov5:02

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  2. Garrison – Witkowski10:35

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Witkowski – Hedman2:38

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 3.1 xGVAN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #891 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 69% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

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

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