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Thu, Dec 8, 2016·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Vancouver Canucks 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 65% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN29211110530
TBL012118011141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:50VANJack SkilleAssists: Erik Gudbranson · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:03VANErik GudbransonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:01VANJayson MegnaAssists: Alex Biega, Nikita Tryamkin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:46TBLJonathan DrouinAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Luke Witkowski · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:59VANJayson MegnaAssists: Daniel Sedin, Markus Granlund · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:58VANJack SkilleAssists: Brendan Gaunce · Snap, 0.05 xG5–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:15TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:26TBLBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:39VANBrendan Gaunce: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:22TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:08VANBen Hutton: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P3 15:22VANAlex Biega: Tripping2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Namestnikov won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTBL
30Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts74
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits19
18Blocked shots9
4Giveaways11
5Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Baertschi – Horvat11:30

    xG 0.49–0.36 (58%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Granlund – Megna10:53

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

  3. Skille – Chaput – Gaunce5:46

    xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 6–9goals 2–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Sutter12:23

    xG 0.41–0.63 (40%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Tryamkin12:56

    xG 0.59–0.26 (69%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Sbisa – Stecher13:42

    xG 0.67–0.41 (62%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

  3. Gudbranson – Hutton16:10

    xG 0.47–1.11 (30%)attempts 12–27goals 2–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Kucherov – Namestnikov7:15

    xG 0.52–0.32 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 0–3

  2. Boyle – Brown – Paquette5:28

    xG 0.23–0.14 (61%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  3. Filppula – Drouin – Point7:11

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Boyle – Namestnikov – Brown3:18

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Sustr8:20

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 0–3

  2. Garrison – Witkowski5:52

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  3. Coburn – Sustr4:31

    xG 0.14–0.02 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 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 3.0 xGVAN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #880 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 65% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

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

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