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Wed, Mar 1, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 55% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR218061700331
TBL14082311416

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:58TBLVictor HedmanPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:51CARNoah HanifinAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:54CARDerek RyanPPAssists: Noah Hanifin, Victor Rask · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:51TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Jake Dotchin, Ondrej Palat · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:18TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Tyler Johnson, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:23CARJay McClementSHAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Elias Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:46TBLVictor HedmanGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:43CARJaccob Slavin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:11TBLVictor Hedman: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:44TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:48CARJaccob Slavin: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 13:05CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 16:10CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
31Shots on goal16
1.9Expected goals2.1
56Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits22
12Blocked shots13
3Giveaways6
4Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Di Giuseppe – Brown11:45

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Rask – Lindholm – Aho10:52

    xG 0.32–0.27 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Stempniak – Teravainen – Ryan11:40

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  4. McClement – Nestrasil – Nordstrom8:00

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Slavin10:53

    xG 0.38–0.12 (77%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce10:34

    xG 0.19–0.11 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin6:00

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Erne – Point8:03

    xG 0.37–0.07 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov11:48

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 14–12goals 2–1

  3. Dumont – McKegg – Brown4:46

    xG 0.11–0.11 (52%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Namestnikov – Paquette – Drouin6:23

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Garrison11:25

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  2. Stralman – Hedman4:09

    xG 0.09–0.03 (74%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Garrison – Dotchin2:15

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)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.

TBL 2.1 xGCAR 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #69 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 55% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

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

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