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Fri, Feb 27, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

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

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01001107028
TBL07211211429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:27TBLBrian BoyleGWGAssists: Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:53TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Jason Garrison, Nikita Nesterov · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:37TBLRyan CallahanPPAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Tyler Johnson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 17:15TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Jason Garrison, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.04 xG0–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:04TBLOndrej Palat: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:52TBLRyan Callahan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 9:27CHIDuncan Keith: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 9:27CHIDuncan Keith: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 15:33TBLJonathan Drouin: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 4:59CHITeuvo Teravainen: Holding2 min
  7. P2 15:22CHIDuncan Keith: Interference2 min
  8. P3 6:28CHIKris Versteeg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:18CHIKris Versteeg: Hooking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
28Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won31
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
12Hits24
17Blocked shots14
7Giveaways7
7Takeaways9

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Saad10:05

    xG 0.40–0.33 (55%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Shaw – Teravainen7:53

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Kruger – Nordstrom5:05

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Sharp – Versteeg5:00

    xG 0.10–0.60 (14%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Cumiskey10:23

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Rundblad3:43

    xG 0.11–0.06 (65%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Cumiskey2:48

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestCallahan – Killorn – Stamkos10:58

    xG 0.69–0.18 (80%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Brown – Drouin7:04

    xG 0.58–0.10 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov8:34

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Connolly – Paquette8:03

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Nesterov5:59

    xG 0.63–0.15 (81%)attempts 12–2goals 2–0

  2. Barberio – Sustr2:50

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Nesterov6:42

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 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 2.7 xGCHI 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1092 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 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 69% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

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