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Sun, Nov 1, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 57% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01021427431
CAR16011218335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:07CAREric StaalPPAssists: Kris Versteeg, Victor Rask · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:38TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Ondrej Palat · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:54TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Anton Stralman · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:07TBLJT BrownAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:16TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Andrej Sustr · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:25CARKris VersteegAssists: Victor Rask · Snap, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:59CARJordan StaalAssists: Victor Rask, Kris Versteeg · Snap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:57CARKris Versteeg: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:42TBLAndrej Sustr: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:35CARBrad Malone: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:36CARBrett Pesce: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:54CARNoah Hanifin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:43TBLNikita Kucherov: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nash won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
31Shots on goal35
2.7Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won21
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
10Hits19
12Blocked shots9
8Giveaways15
13Takeaways15

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. bestMcGinn – Namestnikov – Brown3:05

    xG 0.41–0.07 (85%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Condra – Namestnikov4:05

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Stamkos – Palat9:35

    xG 0.52–0.40 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov3:07

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman14:39

    xG 0.93–0.55 (63%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Sustr12:45

    xG 0.28–0.42 (39%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  3. Carle – Garrison16:04

    xG 0.58–0.94 (38%)attempts 12–21goals 2–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Staal – McGinn6:44

    xG 0.37–0.13 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Versteeg – Rask11:53

    xG 0.42–0.35 (54%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. McClement – Terry – Malone4:23

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Skinner – Lindholm10:59

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Hanifin11:29

    xG 0.61–0.44 (58%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Pesce14:35

    xG 0.52–0.55 (48%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Faulk15:47

    xG 0.61–0.66 (48%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

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.

CAR 3.1 xGTBL 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #356 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 57% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

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

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