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Sat, Feb 18, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Dallas Stars 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL2711501104337
DAL211081811428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:07TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Brian Boyle, Jake Dotchin · Tip-in, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:59TBLTyler JohnsonPPAssists: Brayden Point, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:50DALAntoine RousselAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:50DALAntoine RousselAssists: Tyler Seguin, Patrick Eaves · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:46TBLVictor HedmanPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:40DALAntoine RousselAssists: Tyler Seguin, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:47DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:11TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 10:40DALEsa Lindell: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:01DALDevin Shore: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:16TBLBraydon Coburn: Holding2 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 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cracknell won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDAL
37Shots on goal28
3.9Expected goals2.2
79Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits20
13Blocked shots23
11Giveaways14
6Takeaways9

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. bestFilppula – Boyle – Namestnikov3:51

    xG 0.40–0.06 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Drouin – Point11:44

    xG 0.28–0.11 (72%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  3. Dumont – Brown – Paquette8:19

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Kucherov – Namestnikov10:51

    xG 0.55–0.52 (51%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sustr15:17

    xG 0.83–0.68 (55%)attempts 20–19goals 0–1

  2. Hedman – Dotchin15:51

    xG 0.85–0.77 (52%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – Garrison17:08

    xG 0.44–0.55 (44%)attempts 19–13goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Roussel – Seguin12:22

    xG 0.51–0.29 (64%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Korpikoski – Cracknell – Ritchie4:56

    xG 0.13–0.19 (40%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Benn – Eakin15:24

    xG 0.54–0.69 (44%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Faksa – Shore11:39

    xG 0.17–0.86 (17%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Benn14:32

    xG 0.56–0.40 (59%)attempts 15–21goals 2–0

  2. Nemeth – Oleksiak13:42

    xG 0.84–0.98 (46%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

  3. Klingberg – Lindell19:10

    xG 0.72–1.16 (38%)attempts 25–18goals 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.

DAL 2.2 xGTBL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #287 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 75% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).