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Fri, Mar 24, 2017·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL0801111013232
DET041180800130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:03DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:53TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:28TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Brayden Point · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 4:23TBLOndrej Palat: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 17:24DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 17:24DETJustin Abdelkader: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 17:24TBLAdam Erne: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:24DETAndreas Athanasiou: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:24TBLYanni Gourde: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 17:24TBLJoel Vermin: Interference2 min
  8. P2 2:33DETAnthony Mantha: Instigator2 min
  9. P2 2:33DETAnthony Mantha: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 2:33DETAnthony Mantha: Instigator misconduct10 min
  11. P2 2:33TBLGreg McKegg: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 5:52TBLAdam Erne: Interference2 min
  13. P2 12:49TBLJake Dotchin: High sticking2 min
  14. P2 15:56TBLAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min
  15. P2 17:08DETHenrik Zetterberg: Hooking2 min
  16. P3 8:30TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking2 min
  17. P3 13:39DETAndreas Athanasiou: Holding2 min
  18. P3 17:03DETTomas Tatar: Interference2 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 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
32Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
24Penalty minutes32
27Hits21
14Blocked shots9
11Giveaways6
3Takeaways4

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. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point13:10

    xG 0.66–0.38 (64%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  2. Dumont – McKegg – Brown3:07

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Namestnikov – Drouin11:47

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Vermin – Erne6:45

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sustr7:21

    xG 0.72–0.16 (81%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Dotchin2:11

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Hedman – Dotchin9:28

    xG 0.40–0.31 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Tatar11:09

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Athanasiou – Larkin5:55

    xG 0.19–0.22 (47%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Glendening – Nosek6:48

    xG 0.07–0.23 (25%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Sheahan – Mantha7:49

    xG 0.06–0.66 (8%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Russo – Ouellet10:01

    xG 0.40–0.41 (50%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – DeKeyser14:23

    xG 0.40–0.65 (38%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

  3. Kronwall – Green14:51

    xG 0.29–0.57 (33%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

DET 2.5 xGTBL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #297 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 54% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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