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Tue, Jan 24, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 64% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL110012414536
CHI111111014236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:23CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Richard Panik, Ryan Hartman · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:35TBLBrian BoyleAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:26CHIDuncan KeithAssists: Artemi Panarin, Jonathan Toews · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:47TBLNikita NesterovAssists: Brian Boyle · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:14TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:44TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Alex Killorn, Andrei Vasilevskiy · Tip-in, 0.25 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:55TBLNikita KucherovENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.73 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:18TBLJake Dotchin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:19TBLNikita Nesterov: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:23TBLCedric Paquette: Misconduct10 min
  4. P2 3:55CHIMichal Kempny: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 12:23TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 min
  6. P3 11:16CHIRyan Hartman: Hooking2 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 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Namestnikov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCHI
36Shots on goal36
2.9Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
16Penalty minutes4
29Hits18
17Blocked shots10
7Giveaways9
12Takeaways12

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. bestKillorn – Johnson – Brown6:57

    xG 0.46–0.04 (92%)attempts 8–2goals 2–0

  2. Filppula – Boyle – Drouin9:48

    xG 0.65–0.52 (56%)attempts 14–14goals 2–1

  3. Palat – Kucherov – Namestnikov9:09

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Dumont – Bournival – Paquette6:59

    xG 0.08–0.28 (22%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Dotchin10:41

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Hedman13:27

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 15–12goals 3–1

  3. Nesterov – Sustr13:00

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin11:54

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Hinostroza – Kero10:29

    xG 0.10–0.09 (51%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Rasmussen – Schmaltz6:37

    xG 0.12–0.23 (35%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Hartman9:13

    xG 0.43–1.14 (27%)attempts 11–20goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – van Riemsdyk13:19

    xG 0.63–0.42 (60%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2

  2. Seabrook – Kempny6:36

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook3:19

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

CHI 2.1 xGTBL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #465 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 64% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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