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Tue, Dec 20, 2016·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 73% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0701218127
TBL11331107431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:02TBLBrian BoyleAssists: Anton Stralman, Jonathan Drouin · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:41TBLJonathan DrouinPPGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Tyler Johnson · Slap, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:04TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:27TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Alex Killorn, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 19:49DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Nick Jensen, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 12:14DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:43TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:08TBLJT Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:08DETAndreas Athanasiou: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:08TBLJT Brown: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 1:26TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:07DETXavier Ouellet: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 7:34DETLuke Glendening: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 12:00TBLAndrej Sustr: Broken stick2 min
  10. P2 13:21TBLVictor Hedman: Interference2 min
  11. P2 14:28DETXavier Ouellet: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 14:28TBLValtteri Filppula: Embellishment2 min
  13. P2 16:14DETDrew Miller: Slashing2 min · PPG
  14. P3 0:11DETDrew Miller: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 0:11DETDrew Miller: High sticking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
27Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals3.5
48Shot attempts53
28Faceoffs won23
5Power plays6
19Penalty minutes17
23Hits20
11Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
2Takeaways5

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Tatar – Mantha7:49

    xG 0.48–0.23 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Nyquist7:33

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Glendening – Larkin7:33

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  4. Ott – Miller – Athanasiou6:26

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Jensen4:08

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  2. Ericsson – Sproul7:37

    xG 0.41–0.14 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Sproul4:04

    xG 0.16–0.14 (53%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Namestnikov – Point12:03

    xG 0.79–0.42 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Condra – Johnson – Conacher7:10

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Richard – Paquette10:11

    xG 0.11–0.22 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Boyle – Drouin7:00

    xG 0.22–0.75 (22%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman11:08

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Garrison – Sustr11:37

    xG 0.51–0.46 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – Hedman2:04

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

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 3.5 xGDET 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1039 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 73% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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