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Sat, Jan 9, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL160911713335
VAN18071503223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:24VANSven BaertschiPPAssists: Bo Horvat, Yannick Weber · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:20TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Anton Stralman, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:10VANBo HorvatAssists: Ben Hutton, Alex Biega · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:51TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:21TBLRyan Callahan: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:12TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:03VANAlexander Edler: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 8:59VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 min
  5. P3 10:19VANYannick Weber: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLVAN
35Shots on goal23
3.2Expected goals2.0
59Shot attempts47
28Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
19Hits11
11Blocked shots9
6Giveaways6
8Takeaways9

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. bestFilppula – Callahan – Paquette8:48

    xG 0.53–0.08 (87%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Namestnikov11:16

    xG 0.26–0.10 (71%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov11:32

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Condra – Brown6:24

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman13:02

    xG 0.28–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Hedman4:17

    xG 0.28–0.03 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Nesterov6:12

    xG 0.29–0.08 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Vey – Virtanen7:11

    xG 0.17–0.09 (66%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Dorsett2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Cracknell – Dorsett11:05

    xG 0.35–0.43 (45%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  4. Vrbata – Baertschi – Horvat9:15

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Biega – Bartkowski12:43

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev16:06

    xG 0.12–0.33 (27%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Hutton11:11

    xG 0.30–0.63 (32%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

VAN 2.0 xGTBL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #231 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 70% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

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

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