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Sat, Feb 21, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 68% of the time.

ARI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01021027427
ARI1703114224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:02ARIMichael StoneAssists: Martin Erat, Lauri Korpikoski · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:45TBLOndrej PalatPPAssists: Ryan Callahan, Anton Stralman · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:31TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Mark Barberio, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:27TBLOndrej PalatGWGAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:42ARIMark ArcobelloUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:55TBLSteven StamkosENAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:01ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:51TBLJason Garrison: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:34ARIMark Arcobello: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:40ARIDavid Moss: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P3 16:44ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  6. P3 19:19ARIKeith Yandle: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Arcobello
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLARI
27Shots on goal24
3.1Expected goals2.1
65Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won29
6Power plays1
2Penalty minutes12
43Hits41
12Blocked shots20
12Giveaways4
3Takeaways6

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. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov11:08

    xG 0.82–0.23 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos10:11

    xG 0.69–0.52 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Boyle – Brown – Drouin7:36

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Connolly – Paquette8:21

    xG 0.03–0.37 (7%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Barberio8:30

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Garrison2:46

    xG 0.17–0.07 (71%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Sustr3:28

    xG 0.04–0.02 (62%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Arcobello – Martinook7:09

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Vitale – Gagner – Rieder2:01

    xG 0.09–0.03 (72%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Moss – Vitale – Rieder4:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Chipchura – Lessio8:27

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Gormley7:30

    xG 0.42–0.12 (79%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  2. Stone – Ekman-Larsson3:07

    xG 0.31–0.13 (70%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy13:55

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

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.

ARI 2.1 xGTBL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #600 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 68% of the time.

ARI winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).