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Thu, Oct 8, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI013230603225
TBL0102130415332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:25TBLJason GarrisonAssists: Ryan Callahan, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:14PHIMatt ReadAssists: Scott Laughton, R.J. Umberger · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:03PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: R.J. Umberger, Evgeny Medvedev · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:22TBLRyan CallahanPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:17TBLJason GarrisonGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Valtteri Filppula · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:12PHISean Couturier: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:29TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:47TBLOndrej Palat: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 6:30PHINick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:26TBLAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:38PHIEvgeny Medvedev: Illegal stick2 min · PPG
  7. P2 19:11TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 1:27TBLTyler Johnson: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITBL
25Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
26Hits25
6Blocked shots14
8Giveaways14
6Takeaways7

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl12:14

    xG 0.26–0.06 (80%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Read – Laughton9:27

    xG 0.27–0.22 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare9:36

    xG 0.08–0.09 (46%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – Couturier11:38

    xG 0.04–0.53 (7%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Medvedev13:19

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Schultz14:27

    xG 0.33–0.39 (45%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Manning13:24

    xG 0.16–0.38 (30%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyle – Namestnikov – Brown7:19

    xG 0.28–0.07 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov12:29

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Stamkos – Drouin10:21

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Killorn – Stamkos2:11

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Garrison12:50

    xG 0.81–0.22 (78%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Carle – Garrison2:47

    xG 0.13–0.04 (77%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Sustr12:21

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 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 2.8 xGPHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #400 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 51% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

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

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