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Thu, Apr 7, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1101725422
NJD0311118222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45TBLErik CondraAssists: Andrej Sustr, Brian Boyle · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:16NJDSergey KalininAssists: John Moore, Stephen Gionta · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:45TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Matt Carle · Slap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:50TBLJonathan DrouinGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:26NJDSergey KalininAssists: Bobby Farnham, Stephen Gionta · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:13TBLValtteri FilppulaENAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.73 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:37TBLAndrej Sustr: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 3:10NJDJoseph Blandisi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 10:16NJDBobby Farnham: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:16TBLMike Blunden: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 10:16NJDJoseph Blandisi: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 10:16TBLMike Blunden: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 3:58NJDJoseph Blandisi: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 14:07NJDJoseph Blandisi: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:07TBLVladislav Namestnikov: 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 SOG0NJD
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Namestnikov won the faceoff against Josefson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNJD
22Shots on goal22
2.2Expected goals1.9
41Shot attempts39
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays1
11Penalty minutes13
11Hits19
7Blocked shots11
6Giveaways2
4Takeaways1

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 – Kucherov14:41

    xG 0.33–0.22 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Namestnikov – Drouin12:26

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Brown – Paquette9:25

    xG 0.16–0.33 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. Boyle – Blunden – Condra9:16

    xG 0.26–0.68 (28%)attempts 5–10goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Garrison3:25

    xG 0.07–0.02 (78%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Taormina – Sustr2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Nesterov – Sustr2:10

    xG 0.03–0.06 (32%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Farnham – Kalinin7:08

    xG 0.66–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 2–0

  2. Elias – Josefson – Boucher8:24

    xG 0.19–0.11 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Smith-Pelly – Sislo – Blandisi6:04

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

  4. Zajac – Henrique – Palmieri13:52

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Severson13:56

    xG 0.68–0.33 (68%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Schlemko – Mozik13:41

    xG 0.55–0.24 (69%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Larsson19:10

    xG 0.16–0.46 (26%)attempts 5–13goals 0–2

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.

NJD 1.9 xGTBL 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #617 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 56% of the time.

NJD winsTBL wins

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

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