Sun, Feb 15, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Tampa Bay Lightning 5, San Jose Sharks 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 75% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBL | 111 | 110 | 312 | 533 |
| SJS | 012 | 115 | 18 | 235 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 19:44TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Anton Stralman, Valtteri Filppula · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
- P2 7:12TBLAlex KillornAssists: Ryan Callahan, Steven Stamkos · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
- P2 10:27SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Matt Nieto, Matt Irwin · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
- P3 0:10TBLOndrej PalatGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–1
- P3 11:38SJSBrent BurnsPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
- P3 16:19TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Jason Garrison · Snap, 0.07 xG4–2
- P3 17:40TBLRyan CallahanENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
- P1 8:27TBLRyan Callahan: Hooking2 min
- P2 10:57SJSPatrick Marleau: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- P3 3:36TBLJonathan Drouin: Interference2 min
- P3 10:26TBLNikita Kucherov: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P3 19:19TBLJonathan Drouin: Roughing2 min
- P3 19:19SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Roughing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Couture
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestCallahan – Killorn – Stamkos10:45
xG 0.61–0.35 (63%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0
- Boyle – Brown – Drouin5:31
xG 0.23–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0
- Filppula – Connolly – Paquette8:55
xG 0.30–0.59 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0
- Johnson – Palat – Kucherov11:57
xG 0.47–1.01 (32%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestWitkowski – Hedman3:34
xG 0.09–0.02 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Garrison – Witkowski14:13
xG 0.53–0.58 (48%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1
- Stralman – Garrison2:06
xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestMarleau – Couture – Nieto13:43
xG 1.34–0.75 (64%)attempts 13–14goals 1–2
- Wingels – Hertl – Tierney8:56
xG 0.38–0.32 (55%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0
- Thornton – Pavelski – Karlsson11:09
xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0
- Desjardins – Sheppard – Goodrow8:01
xG 0.04–0.31 (12%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBurns – Vlasic17:51
xG 1.65–0.65 (72%)attempts 22–16goals 0–2
- Hannan – Dillon15:33
xG 0.85–0.48 (64%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1
- Irwin – Tennyson13:39
xG 0.36–0.77 (32%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 75% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SJS − TBL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).