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Sat, Apr 4, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Florida Panthers 0

Expected result

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

FLA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL072926422
FLA07015012034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:10TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Tyler Johnson, Nikita Nesterov · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:19TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:03TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:13TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Jonathan Drouin · Snap, 0.11 xG4–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:20TBLMark Barberio: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:16TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:12FLATomas Kopecky: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:38TBLSlater Koekkoek: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:14TBLLuke Witkowski: Tripping2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLFLA
22Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals2.2
43Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won23
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
23Hits32
12Blocked shots9
2Giveaways6
4Takeaways4

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 – Kucherov9:26

    xG 0.47–0.10 (82%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Stamkos – Drouin10:46

    xG 0.45–0.43 (51%)attempts 13–16goals 2–0

  3. Filppula – Namestnikov – Paquette8:46

    xG 0.27–0.30 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Boyle – Brown10:46

    xG 0.13–0.43 (23%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Barberio3:20

    xG 0.26–0.03 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Koekkoek2:38

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Witkowski11:18

    xG 0.29–0.32 (47%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Hayes – Trocheck9:46

    xG 0.38–0.02 (94%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Bolland – Pirri11:11

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall11:05

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov13:32

    xG 0.43–0.69 (39%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad16:06

    xG 0.69–0.14 (83%)attempts 22–6goals 0–1

  2. Mitchell – Gudbranson16:59

    xG 0.60–0.65 (48%)attempts 18–18goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Petrovic16:01

    xG 0.39–0.65 (37%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

FLA 2.2 xGTBL 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLATBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1148 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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.

FLA winsTBL wins

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

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