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Wed, Feb 3, 2016·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0101807125
TBL0421514323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:23TBLJT BrownAssists: Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:06DETGustav NyquistAssists: Tomas Tatar, Kyle Quincey · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:30TBLTyler JohnsonPPGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:23TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 16:12DETTeemu Pulkkinen: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 6:08DETPavel Datsyuk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:03TBLBrian Boyle: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:32TBLNikita Nesterov: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:32DETGustav Nyquist: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 2:24DETGustav Nyquist: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:39TBLAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:40DETDarren Helm: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 6:40TBLRyan Callahan: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
25Shots on goal23
1.7Expected goals2.1
55Shot attempts43
28Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits20
7Blocked shots16
4Giveaways9
6Takeaways10

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAndersson – Pulkkinen – Jurco5:21

    xG 0.29–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Glendening6:48

    xG 0.34–0.15 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Datsyuk – Helm8:39

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin9:27

    xG 0.10–0.80 (11%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser10:56

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Green – Smith15:32

    xG 0.37–0.34 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Marchenko13:57

    xG 0.25–0.49 (34%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Johnson – Kucherov10:44

    xG 0.62–0.07 (90%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Callahan – Brown11:01

    xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Condra – Paquette7:26

    xG 0.18–0.17 (51%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Palat – Namestnikov10:12

    xG 0.00–0.63 (0%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman13:42

    xG 0.69–0.31 (69%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Garrison – Sustr14:59

    xG 0.43–0.29 (59%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Nesterov13:32

    xG 0.10–0.60 (15%)attempts 4–18goals 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.

TBL 2.1 xGDET 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #991 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 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 58% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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