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Wed, Dec 14, 2016·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 82% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL29212214635
CGY170827322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:06CGYTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Sean Monahan, TJ Brodie · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:04TBLBrian BoylePPAssists: Victor Hedman, Tyler Johnson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:42TBLBrian BoyleAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:40TBLBraydon CoburnAssists: Alex Killorn, Vladislav Namestnikov · Slap, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:47TBLAndrej SustrGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 0:37TBLAlex KillornSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.30 xG5–1
  7. P3 3:59CGYTJ BrodiePPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Troy Brouwer · Slap, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P3 4:20CGYMicheal FerlandAssists: Matt Stajan, Lance Bouma · Snap, 0.10 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:15TBLAlex KillornENAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.72 xG6–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:49TBLJoel Vermin: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:37CGYSam Bennett: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:37TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 7:20TBLTyler Johnson: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 8:48CGYDougie Hamilton: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 8:48CGYDougie Hamilton: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 19:18CGYMicheal Ferland: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 9:00CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  9. P2 14:03CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 14:03TBLBen Bishop: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 14:03CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 19:04TBLAndrej Sustr: Holding2 min
  13. P3 2:59TBLCedric Paquette: Slashing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCGY
35Shots on goal22
3.5Expected goals1.6
58Shot attempts46
41Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
15Penalty minutes17
10Hits17
17Blocked shots11
3Giveaways16
1Takeaways4

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. bestFilppula – Boyle – Drouin10:33

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 13–3goals 2–1

  2. Killorn – Namestnikov – Point6:01

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Conacher4:03

    xG 0.19–0.06 (78%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Conacher – Palat5:13

    xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Koekkoek12:20

    xG 0.85–0.30 (74%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Hedman16:18

    xG 0.41–0.33 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Garrison – Sustr10:09

    xG 0.34–0.34 (51%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Bouma – Ferland8:07

    xG 0.27–0.04 (88%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Versteeg – Gaudreau – Monahan2:50

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Gaudreau – Bennett9:21

    xG 0.23–0.27 (45%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Versteeg – Brouwer – Monahan5:24

    xG 0.02–0.14 (14%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Giordano – Hamilton13:14

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Giordano2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Jokipakka9:52

    xG 0.21–0.51 (29%)attempts 9–9goals 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.

CGY 1.6 xGTBL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #268 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 82% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

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

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