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Sat, Mar 5, 2016·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR081102504327
TBL1511011114430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:43TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:24CARVictor RaskAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:41TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:09CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Victor Rask · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:18CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Ryan Murphy · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:42TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:17TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:31TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:12CARDerek Ryan: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 2:22TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 5:45CARRiley Nash: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 5:45CARRiley Nash: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 10:43TBLCedric Paquette: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 16:06CARRon Hainsey: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
27Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits19
12Blocked shots13
10Giveaways16
5Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe11:31

    xG 0.72–0.13 (84%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  2. Gerbe – Nash – Malone5:48

    xG 0.11–0.06 (65%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Terry – McGinn – Ryan7:38

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Nordstrom – Lindholm11:53

    xG 0.04–0.44 (9%)attempts 2–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Slavin17:37

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Jordan – Murphy8:17

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin12:31

    xG 0.25–0.29 (47%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov9:50

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 11–5goals 2–1

  2. Boyle – Condra – Namestnikov6:24

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Brown – Paquette9:06

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos12:47

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman13:49

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Stralman2:16

    xG 0.15–0.04 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Garrison – Hedman2:20

    xG 0.05–0.03 (68%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

TBL 2.1 xGCAR 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #59 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.80 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 51% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).