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Sat, Jan 21, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

ARI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL111013224348
ARI283906523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:05ARITobias RiederAssists: Radim Vrbata, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:19ARIRadim VrbataAssists: Martin Hanzal, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:39TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Gabriel Dumont, Michael Bournival · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:56ARIMichael StonePPAssists: Martin Hanzal, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:25ARIChristian FischerGWGAssists: Jamie McGinn, Alexander Burmistrov · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:44ARIMartin HanzalAssists: Radim Vrbata, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
  7. P3 9:45TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:18TBLOndrej PalatPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Nikita Nesterov · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:36ARIJamie McGinn: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:05ARIPeter Holland: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 9:05ARIPeter Holland: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:05ARIRyan White: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 12:56TBLOndrej Palat: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:58TBLValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:18ARIJakob Chychrun: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 13:58ARIShane Doan: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 19:16TBLCedric Paquette: Slashing2 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLARI
48Shots on goal23
4.2Expected goals3.6
88Shot attempts47
31Faceoffs won34
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes20
29Hits30
9Blocked shots20
7Giveaways5
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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestDumont – Bournival – Paquette10:17

    xG 0.84–0.24 (77%)attempts 23–6goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov3:17

    xG 0.32–0.08 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Boyle – Drouin5:39

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov2:34

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 1–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Witkowski3:05

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Sustr6:23

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Nesterov – Sustr4:08

    xG 0.32–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Perlini – Dvorak12:50

    xG 0.73–0.36 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder11:23

    xG 0.49–0.54 (48%)attempts 13–11goals 3–0

  3. White – Holland – Crouse8:16

    xG 0.34–0.50 (40%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Burmistrov – Fischer7:04

    xG 0.13–0.58 (18%)attempts 3–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Chychrun14:29

    xG 0.68–0.84 (45%)attempts 15–24goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson15:38

    xG 0.68–0.86 (44%)attempts 14–17goals 2–0

  3. Goligoski – Stone13:42

    xG 0.35–0.76 (32%)attempts 9–20goals 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.

ARI 3.6 xGTBL 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #350 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 58% of the time.

ARI winsTBL wins

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

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