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Sat, Feb 11, 2017·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL2141917430
WPG08012113133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:05TBLBrayden PointAssists: Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:02TBLBrian BoyleGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Jake Dotchin · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:11TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Brayden Point, Andrej Sustr · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P3 11:15WPGJacob TroubaAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:24TBLVictor HedmanENAssists: Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:24TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:53TBLJake Dotchin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:43WPGDustin Byfuglien: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 0:00TBLGabriel Dumont: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 0:00WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:01TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Holding2 min
  7. P3 12:13WPGJosh Morrissey: 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 SOG0WPG
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLWPG
30Shots on goal33
3.3Expected goals2.2
47Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
17Hits17
13Blocked shots10
8Giveaways17
5Takeaways11

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 – Kucherov – Namestnikov11:46

    xG 1.56–0.55 (74%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Boyle – Condra8:44

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Palat – Drouin – Point9:56

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 2–0

  4. Dumont – Brown – Paquette9:07

    xG 0.28–0.51 (35%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Dotchin12:35

    xG 1.27–0.46 (73%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

  2. Stralman – Hedman2:36

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Sustr11:53

    xG 0.38–0.22 (64%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Little – Perreault7:39

    xG 0.27–0.05 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Little – Ehlers – Laine4:18

    xG 0.18–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Copp – Petan2:39

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Matthias – Lowry – Armia9:11

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey5:58

    xG 0.31–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Postma – Chiarot5:56

    xG 0.18–0.07 (72%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Trouba4:00

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

WPG 2.2 xGTBL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #907 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50WPG 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 69% of the time.

WPG winsTBL wins

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

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