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Tue, Feb 7, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Los Angeles Kings 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0190306028
TBL163817521

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:46TBLJonathan DrouinGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:55TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Andrej Sustr · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:02TBLGabriel DumontAssists: JT Brown, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:18TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Luke Witkowski · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:08TBLBraydon CoburnAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Joel Vermin · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:15TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:26LAKDrew Doughty: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 6:26TBLTyler Johnson: Embellishment2 min
  4. P1 9:41LAKMarian Gaborik: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 2:14TBLAndrej Sustr: Interference2 min
  6. P2 2:14LAKAndy Andreoff: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:44LAKTyler Toffoli: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 10:04TBLBraydon Coburn: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTBL
28Shots on goal21
1.9Expected goals1.8
57Shot attempts44
31Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes8
31Hits26
11Blocked shots16
3Giveaways11
3Takeaways5

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Toffoli – Pearson9:16

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar13:13

    xG 0.58–0.49 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – King – Shore9:29

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Clifford – Dowd – Andreoff11:36

    xG 0.24–0.38 (38%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – LaDue8:37

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb7:48

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort7:13

    xG 0.25–0.12 (68%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Kucherov – Namestnikov8:05

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

  2. Vermin – Drouin – Point2:18

    xG 0.28–0.09 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Boyle – Drouin8:17

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Dumont – Brown – Paquette8:23

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Sustr3:15

    xG 0.22–0.02 (92%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Witkowski – Hedman3:17

    xG 0.20–0.04 (85%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Witkowski3:34

    xG 0.07–0.07 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 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 1.8 xGLAK 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLLAK

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 LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1189 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TBL 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 51% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

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

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