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Fri, Feb 12, 2016·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Nashville Predators 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 59% of the time.

TBL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH1110132600330
TBL092111711428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:40NSHMike FisherAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Mattias Ekholm · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:22TBLJT BrownAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Andrej Sustr · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:07TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Nikita Nesterov, Ben Bishop · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:01NSHJames NealAssists: Roman Josi, Barret Jackman · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:46NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:33TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:04TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:47NSHCody Bass: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 5:25TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 min
  3. P2 19:31TBLRyan Callahan: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:08NSHRyan Ellis: Holding2 min
  5. P3 17:36NSHViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 min · PPG

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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHTBL
30Shots on goal28
1.3Expected goals1.7
40Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
22Hits16
11Blocked shots5
2Giveaways14
6Takeaways11

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Gaustad – Bass – Salomaki6:45

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Wilson – Arvidsson10:18

    xG 0.19–0.23 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  3. Ribeiro – Smith – Forsberg12:45

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Neal – Jarnkrok – Johansen11:19

    xG 0.33–0.48 (40%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi20:37

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  2. Ellis – Ekholm17:33

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 9–10goals 2–1

  3. Jackman – Bitetto11:50

    xG 0.12–0.70 (14%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Brown13:30

    xG 0.60–0.37 (62%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  2. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov10:17

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  3. Boyle – Condra – Paquette9:10

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Palat – Namestnikov13:22

    xG 0.11–0.38 (22%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sustr10:44

    xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Carle – Stralman6:38

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Nesterov7:47

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

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.

TBL 1.7 xGNSH 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #54 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.84 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 59% of the time.

TBL winsNSH wins

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

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