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Tue, Oct 20, 2015·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Nashville Predators 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 50% of the time.

NSH winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL01038110010429
NSH11229111011533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:07NSHMike FisherAssists: Shea Weber, James Neal · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:25TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:51TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Ondrej Palat, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:29NSHShea WeberAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Colin Wilson · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:41TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Victor Hedman, Anton Stralman · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:55NSHJames NealAssists: Filip Forsberg, Mike Fisher · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:24TBLErik CondraAssists: Brian Boyle · Snap, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:30NSHJames NealAssists: Filip Forsberg · Snap, 0.04 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Filip Forsberg scored
  2. 2. TBL Ryan Callahan stopped
  3. 3. NSH Craig Smith stopped
  4. 4. TBL Jonathan Drouin stopped
  5. 5. NSH James Neal stopped
  6. 6. TBL Nikita Kucherov stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:12NSHViktor Arvidsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:39NSHJames Neal: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:10TBLSteven Stamkos: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:51TBLBen Bishop: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 17:22TBLBraydon Coburn: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNSH
29Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals2.4
58Shot attempts61
34Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
10Hits18
14Blocked shots17
5Giveaways9
7Takeaways3

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. bestBoyle – Condra – Namestnikov8:14

    xG 0.69–0.21 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 1–2

  2. Callahan – Stamkos – Drouin11:15

    xG 0.57–0.38 (60%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov11:20

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  4. Filppula – Killorn – Paquette11:06

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman15:07

    xG 0.79–0.23 (78%)attempts 21–9goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Sustr14:47

    xG 0.51–0.59 (47%)attempts 11–19goals 1–1

  3. Carle – Garrison14:31

    xG 0.30–0.39 (43%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Neal – Forsberg12:07

    xG 0.93–0.20 (82%)attempts 20–7goals 3–0

  2. Hodgson – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson8:30

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Gaustad – Nystrom – Bourque7:10

    xG 0.07–0.42 (14%)attempts 4–10goals 0–2

  4. Ribeiro – Wilson – Smith14:36

    xG 0.22–0.71 (24%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi17:24

    xG 1.10–0.47 (70%)attempts 26–17goals 3–1

  2. Ekholm – Jones16:55

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  3. Bartley – Bitetto12:24

    xG 0.29–0.80 (26%)attempts 7–21goals 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.

NSH 2.4 xGTBL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #34 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.36 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 50% of the time.

NSH winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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