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Thu, Feb 5, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL2706316529
DAL01121718336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:11TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Ryan Callahan, Mark Barberio · Snap, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:42TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:21DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:36DALAlex GoligoskiAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Shawn Horcoff · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:27TBLTyler JohnsonPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:41DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:23TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Brian Boyle, Ondrej Palat · Deflected, 0.13 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:43TBLNikita KucherovENAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.60 xG5–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:18TBLAndrej Sustr: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:31TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:50TBLLuke Witkowski: Delaying game2 min
  4. P2 3:50DALAntoine Roussel: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 8:55TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:20TBLVictor Hedman: Interference2 min
  7. P2 19:10DALErik Cole: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:23DALJason Demers: Elbowing2 min
  9. P3 10:36DALAlex Goligoski: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDAL
29Shots on goal36
3.9Expected goals4.0
68Shot attempts74
31Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
18Hits23
11Blocked shots25
3Giveaways14
9Takeaways10

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. Morrow – Boyle – Brown5:46

    xG 0.16–0.14 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Filppula – Callahan – Stamkos9:55

    xG 0.54–0.70 (43%)attempts 10–16goals 2–2

  3. Killorn – Paquette – Drouin8:41

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov9:32

    xG 0.27–0.75 (27%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Sustr6:47

    xG 0.60–0.02 (97%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Barberio7:56

    xG 0.56–0.37 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  3. Hedman – Sustr5:16

    xG 0.21–0.37 (36%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Spezza – Hemsky10:38

    xG 0.97–0.32 (75%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt8:56

    xG 0.44–0.14 (75%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Fiddler – Sceviour6:56

    xG 0.25–0.15 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  4. Eaves – Benn – Seguin8:57

    xG 0.53–0.71 (43%)attempts 12–12goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg13:03

    xG 1.12–0.46 (71%)attempts 23–14goals 2–0

  2. Daley – Jokipakka10:11

    xG 0.81–0.27 (75%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Benn11:39

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 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.

DAL 4.0 xGTBL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #68 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

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

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