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Mon, Mar 7, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 86% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL130619218
PHI0912239440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:07TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Slater Koekkoek, Tyler Johnson · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:51PHIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Michael Raffl, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:21PHIShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Claude Giroux, Mark Streit · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:57PHIBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:53TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:33PHIWayne SimmondsENAssists: Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.69 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:46TBLJason Garrison: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:07TBLVladislav Namestnikov: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 7:51PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 8:18TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 18:57TBLNikita Nesterov: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 19:01PHIRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  7. P3 6:11TBLNikita Nesterov: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cousins won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
18Shots on goal40
1.9Expected goals4.3
44Shot attempts90
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
26Hits36
32Blocked shots11
11Giveaways3
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. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov7:39

    xG 0.95–0.39 (71%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Kucherov – Namestnikov2:19

    xG 0.10–0.03 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Namestnikov – Marchessault6:13

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Palat2:02

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Koekkoek6:11

    xG 0.82–0.04 (96%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Garrison3:03

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – Hedman2:25

    xG 0.11–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Simmonds – Schenn11:05

    xG 1.06–0.32 (77%)attempts 24–7goals 1–0

  2. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare7:35

    xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Read – Cousins – Laughton7:40

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Couturier – Raffl10:51

    xG 0.34–1.04 (24%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Gudas17:12

    xG 1.05–0.18 (86%)attempts 32–11goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Gostisbehere10:07

    xG 0.87–0.38 (70%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. Streit – Schultz13:58

    xG 0.62–0.98 (39%)attempts 23–11goals 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.

PHI 4.3 xGTBL 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #603 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 86% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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