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Tue, Mar 8, 2016·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Boston Bruins 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS01101101011133
TBL0801901500042

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:10BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:16TBLBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:16BOSJimmy Hayes: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:26BOSZdeno Chara: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 3:36BOSNoel Acciari: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:56BOSAdam McQuaid: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:29BOSDavid Pastrnak: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTBL
33Shots on goal42
1.9Expected goals2.3
42Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won24
0Power plays4
10Penalty minutes2
30Hits18
17Blocked shots7
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways4

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Stempniak – Marchand10:27

    xG 0.55–0.30 (65%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Hayes – Spooner12:42

    xG 0.43–0.43 (50%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Connolly – Acciari4:32

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak13:05

    xG 0.09–0.42 (17%)attempts 2–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug16:04

    xG 0.58–0.48 (55%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Liles14:45

    xG 0.36–0.45 (45%)attempts 13–21goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Morrow9:48

    xG 0.21–0.37 (36%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyle – Namestnikov – Marchessault7:25

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos13:19

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Brown – Paquette10:56

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov10:36

    xG 0.39–0.65 (37%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Sustr16:59

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Koekkoek9:14

    xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Nesterov14:03

    xG 0.51–0.73 (41%)attempts 20–12goals 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 2.3 xGBOS 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1095 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 57% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

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

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