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Sat, Mar 28, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL070709023
DET083916423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:25DETJoakim AnderssonGWGAssists: Kyle Quincey, Stephen Weiss · Deflected, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:19DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Snap, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:19DETGustav NyquistAssists: Kyle Quincey · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:21DETLuke GlendeningENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.52 xG0–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:43DETJustin Abdelkader: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 4:05TBLBrian Boyle: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:04TBLAndrej Sustr: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:56DETJoakim Andersson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 0:35DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:21DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 2:36DETBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 2:36TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 2:36DETBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:04TBLJonathan Drouin: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 13:24TBLOndrej Palat: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 18:21DETKyle Quincey: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 18:21TBLJonathan Drouin: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 18:58DETTeemu Pulkkinen: Slashing2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
23Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals3.5
45Shot attempts48
30Faceoffs won24
6Power plays4
20Penalty minutes24
17Hits18
10Blocked shots10
4Giveaways4
2Takeaways3

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. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov8:15

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos5:46

    xG 0.22–0.57 (28%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Filppula – Namestnikov – Paquette6:55

    xG 0.03–0.46 (7%)attempts 1–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stralman – Hedman2:48

    xG 0.08–0.09 (49%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Nesterov2:44

    xG 0.13–0.17 (42%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Nesterov – Sustr2:04

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist9:31

    xG 0.64–0.08 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Weiss – Andersson – Pulkkinen5:10

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Jurco – Glendening7:28

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar11:47

    xG 0.56–0.51 (52%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Smith11:00

    xG 0.96–0.29 (77%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser12:22

    xG 0.71–0.46 (61%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson9:51

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 8–5goals 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.

DET 3.5 xGTBL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1120 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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