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Tue, Feb 3, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL1110601400131
STL020101511218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:20TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Alex Killorn, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:50STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:16STLJaden SchwartzGWGAssists: Chris Butler, Brian Elliott · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:21STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:02TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:33STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:33TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:33TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 0:00STLJaden Schwartz: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:30STLTy Rattie: Tripping2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goc won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLSTL
31Shots on goal18
2.9Expected goals2.3
56Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits22
11Blocked shots10
3Giveaways5
5Takeaways7

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Stamkos12:25

    xG 0.87–0.38 (69%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov11:09

    xG 0.67–0.45 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Boyle – Connolly9:16

    xG 0.06–0.07 (44%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Killorn – Paquette – Drouin10:38

    xG 0.73–0.83 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Witkowski7:28

    xG 0.80–0.10 (89%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Hedman6:55

    xG 0.43–0.08 (84%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Sustr5:36

    xG 0.04–0.05 (43%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Oshie – Schwartz3:21

    xG 0.57–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:20

    xG 0.59–0.10 (85%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Lindstrom – Rattie – Jaskin6:26

    xG 0.02–0.23 (8%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Backes – Oshie11:56

    xG 0.21–0.67 (24%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butler – Cole2:05

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Butler – Gunnarsson13:53

    xG 0.97–1.00 (49%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

  3. Jackman – Cole10:24

    xG 0.04–0.30 (11%)attempts 2–11goals 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.

STL 2.3 xGTBL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #603 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 60% of the time.

STL winsTBL wins

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

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