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Fri, Mar 20, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01311107131
TBL01111427332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:22TBLAnton StralmanAssists: Victor Hedman, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:57DETTomas TatarPPUnassisted · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:31TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:32TBLSteven StamkosENAssists: Brian Boyle, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.67 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:45TBLRyan Callahan: Charging2 min
  2. P1 4:45DETDarren Helm: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 4:45TBLRyan Callahan: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:15DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:30TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:52DETTeemu Pulkkinen: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:17DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:23TBLJT Brown: Too many men on the ice2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
31Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.5
47Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits14
11Blocked shots6
3Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist2:49

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Jurco – Glendening9:32

    xG 0.26–0.19 (57%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Tatar – Sheahan13:07

    xG 0.34–0.32 (52%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Andersson – Nyquist – Pulkkinen6:17

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Smith13:24

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser16:14

    xG 0.16–0.31 (34%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson15:37

    xG 0.44–0.64 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 0–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov10:08

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Drouin8:50

    xG 0.48–0.24 (66%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Callahan – Namestnikov5:58

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Boyle – Brown5:30

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman14:05

    xG 0.65–0.27 (70%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Barberio – Sustr14:53

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Garrison14:15

    xG 0.18–0.17 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 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 2.5 xGDET 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #769 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 58% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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