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Fri, Dec 16, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1110818227
VAN082828424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:31TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Brian Boyle · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:37VANBrandon SutterAssists: Markus Granlund, Loui Eriksson · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:25VANLuca SbisaAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Sven Baertschi · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:53TBLCory ConacherPPAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:46VANBo HorvatPPGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Markus Granlund · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:13VANAlexandre BurrowsENAssists: Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.58 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:24TBLVictor Hedman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 13:49VANDaniel Sedin: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 3:21VANJannik Hansen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:08TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLVAN
27Shots on goal24
1.9Expected goals2.6
41Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits14
18Blocked shots6
7Giveaways5
3Takeaways7

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 – Drouin13:43

    xG 0.97–0.26 (79%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Condra – Johnson – Conacher11:58

    xG 0.17–0.11 (59%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Namestnikov – Point11:19

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  4. Brown – Paquette – Vermin7:05

    xG 0.01–0.18 (5%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman16:07

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Sustr2:49

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Koekkoek – Sustr2:18

    xG 0.07–0.01 (87%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Baertschi – Horvat11:11

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Skille – Chaput – Megna4:51

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Sutter – Granlund13:00

    xG 0.09–0.20 (32%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen13:12

    xG 0.26–0.66 (28%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Stecher14:09

    xG 0.58–0.50 (54%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Tanev – Hutton18:33

    xG 0.20–0.31 (40%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Tryamkin13:27

    xG 0.15–0.33 (31%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

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.

VAN 2.6 xGTBL 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #569 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

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

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