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Thu, Oct 15, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Dallas Stars 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 68% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL292815522
TBL16015212333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:24TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:58DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jyrki Jokipakka, Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:14DALJamie BennPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:34DALCody EakinAssists: Mattias Janmark, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:12DALJason DemersPPGWGAssists: Cody Eakin, Ales Hemsky · Slap, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P3 7:06TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:44TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:29DALJason SpezzaAssists: Ales Hemsky, Alex Goligoski · Tip-in, 0.09 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:34DALJohn Klingberg: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:20TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:15DALAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 15:56TBLNikita Nesterov: Checking from behind5 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:56TBLBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 15:56DALTravis Moen: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:56TBLNikita Nesterov: Game misconduct10 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTBL
22Shots on goal33
1.3Expected goals2.2
37Shot attempts70
19Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes19
21Hits24
14Blocked shots8
2Giveaways4
6Takeaways6

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Benn – Seguin11:40

    xG 0.30–0.21 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Hemsky – Roussel7:03

    xG 0.28–0.25 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Sceviour – Eakin – Janmark10:52

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 4–16goals 1–0

  4. Moen – Fiddler – McKenzie6:10

    xG 0.05–0.29 (15%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Oduya – Demers15:11

    xG 0.20–0.37 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  2. Benn – Jokipakka12:50

    xG 0.18–0.49 (27%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg16:04

    xG 0.44–1.01 (31%)attempts 12–29goals 2–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov9:25

    xG 0.52–0.05 (90%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Brown – Paquette8:56

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Stamkos – Drouin11:15

    xG 0.53–0.35 (60%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  4. Boyle – Condra – Namestnikov5:42

    xG 0.11–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman7:57

    xG 0.30–0.10 (76%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Carle – Garrison11:13

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – Nesterov9:15

    xG 0.29–0.17 (62%)attempts 11–4goals 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 2.2 xGDAL 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #267 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 68% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

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

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