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Tue, Mar 24, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA012310014336
TBL2100728425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:49TBLBrenden MorrowAssists: JT Brown · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:47TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Ryan Callahan · Slap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:16FLAJussi JokinenAssists: Brad Boyes, Erik Gudbranson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:34FLABrandon PirriAssists: Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:14FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:30TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Andrej Sustr, Ondrej Palat · Wrap-around, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:32TBLRyan CallahanGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 8:24TBLNikita Kucherov: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 14:06TBLValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
36Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts43
23Faceoffs won30
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
24Hits19
10Blocked shots12
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways9

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Huberdeau – Barkov14:45

    xG 0.92–0.30 (75%)attempts 25–10goals 1–1

  2. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall9:55

    xG 0.08–0.12 (40%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Jokinen – Bolland11:22

    xG 0.21–0.59 (26%)attempts 8–10goals 1–2

  4. Hayes – Pirri – Trocheck11:59

    xG 0.15–0.73 (17%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad15:19

    xG 0.80–0.26 (76%)attempts 16–6goals 0–1

  2. Mitchell – Gudbranson17:54

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 19–13goals 2–2

  3. Kulikov – Petrovic17:54

    xG 0.28–0.60 (32%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Boyle – Brown6:12

    xG 0.40–0.04 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov13:44

    xG 0.53–0.28 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Drouin10:27

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos5:57

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman16:33

    xG 0.88–0.49 (64%)attempts 18–11goals 3–1

  2. Barberio – Sustr15:50

    xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  3. Carle – Garrison14:39

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

TBL 1.9 xGFLA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #257 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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