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Fri, Jan 8, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0908310327
EDM1511407226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:20EDMJustin SchultzAssists: Jordan Eberle · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:38EDMBenoit PouliotPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Andrej Sekera · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:01TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Victor Hedman, Tyler Johnson · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:50TBLVictor HedmanUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:51TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Vladislav Namestnikov · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:59EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:09EDMBenoit Pouliot: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 2:52TBLNikita Kucherov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:25TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:05TBLNikita Nesterov: Interference2 min
  6. P3 5:11EDMBrandon Davidson: Holding2 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLEDM
27Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals1.8
55Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits26
13Blocked shots19
11Giveaways9
5Takeaways9

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. bestStamkos – Palat – Namestnikov3:06

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

  2. Boyle – Condra – Brown7:10

    xG 0.27–0.10 (74%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov4:34

    xG 0.05–0.04 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Callahan – Paquette3:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Nesterov2:22

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 2–0

  2. Garrison – Sustr11:28

    xG 0.50–0.42 (54%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – Garrison2:17

    xG 0.09–0.04 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPurcell – Hall – Draisaitl15:35

    xG 0.62–0.32 (66%)attempts 20–10goals 0–1

  2. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins13:34

    xG 0.46–0.39 (54%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Klinkhammer – Lander – Pakarinen2:52

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Korpikoski – Letestu9:42

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Nurse17:56

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 21–17goals 1–1

  2. Sekera – Davidson14:26

    xG 0.46–0.55 (45%)attempts 15–17goals 0–2

  3. Gryba – Hunt10:28

    xG 0.15–0.29 (34%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

EDM 1.8 xGTBL 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #315 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 54% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

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

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