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Sun, Feb 21, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 73% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL062527418
CAR1618017231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:10CARJoakim NordstromSHAssists: Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:41TBLJT BrownAssists: Cedric Paquette, Andrej Sustr · Snap, 0.29 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:27TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Nesterov · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:59CARMichal JordanAssists: Jeff Skinner, Victor Rask · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:17TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Tyler Johnson, Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:50TBLRyan CallahanENAssists: Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette · Wrist, 0.59 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:55TBLNikita Nesterov: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:32CARJohn-Michael Liles: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 6:15CARAndrej Nestrasil: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 9:14CARKris Versteeg: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 10:48TBLBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:21CARJordan Staal: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:41TBLOndrej Palat: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:41CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
18Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals4.3
45Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
29Hits33
14Blocked shots17
6Giveaways6
4Takeaways16

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 – Brown – Paquette9:29

    xG 0.86–0.33 (72%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Condra – Namestnikov7:24

    xG 0.09–0.19 (31%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos11:50

    xG 0.20–0.77 (20%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Marchessault11:17

    xG 0.52–1.44 (27%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman6:41

    xG 0.55–0.11 (84%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Hedman2:36

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Hedman2:34

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Versteeg – Di Giuseppe12:37

    xG 1.76–0.45 (80%)attempts 23–9goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Terry – Nash6:02

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom10:19

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm8:55

    xG 0.47–0.61 (43%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Slavin14:57

    xG 1.06–0.52 (67%)attempts 18–5goals 0–2

  2. Liles – Pesce15:04

    xG 0.77–0.58 (57%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  3. Jordan – Hanifin12:43

    xG 0.53–0.57 (48%)attempts 12–10goals 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.

CAR 4.3 xGTBL 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #431 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 73% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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