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Thu, Oct 29, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.

TBL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11011105226
TBL09113013135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:57COLAlex TanguayAssists: Jarome Iginla, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:04COLNathan MacKinnonGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:46TBLAlex KillornPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:11COLMikhail Grigorenko: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 4:50COLNikita Zadorov: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:10TBLMatt Carle: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:10TBLBrian Boyle: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:37TBLJonathan Marchessault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 15:09COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:51TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  8. P3 0:35TBLValtteri Filppula: Holding2 min
  9. P3 0:58COLCarl Soderberg: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 0:58TBLTyler Johnson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  11. P3 4:27TBLAnton Stralman: Interference2 min
  12. P3 13:18COLMatt Duchene: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLTBL
26Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals2.4
43Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won31
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
16Hits23
20Blocked shots7
9Giveaways8
5Takeaways7

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Tanguay – MacKinnon10:23

    xG 0.64–0.23 (73%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Mitchell – McLeod – Grigorenko6:32

    xG 0.26–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Duchene – Landeskog8:39

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Everberg6:18

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Barrie10:00

    xG 0.60–0.03 (95%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Johnson12:50

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Zadorov2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestCallahan – Killorn – Stamkos12:13

    xG 0.36–0.18 (66%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Condra – Namestnikov – Marchessault2:36

    xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Boyle – Marchessault2:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Marchessault – Brown2:21

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stralman – Hedman11:23

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Sustr9:10

    xG 0.13–0.24 (34%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Garrison11:57

    xG 0.08–0.39 (17%)attempts 9–9goals 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 2.4 xGCOL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #764 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 52% of the time.

TBL winsCOL wins

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

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