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Mon, Mar 27, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 53% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI31111001001432
TBL193140314530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:23CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Tanner Kero · Slap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:29TBLOndrej PalatPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:17CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson, Duncan Keith · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:41CHITomas JurcoAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 8:47CHIRichard PanikAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Nick Schmaltz · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P2 11:45TBLJonathan DrouinAssists: Alex Killorn, Anton Stralman · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P2 12:47TBLAnton StralmanAssists: Greg McKegg, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P2 16:24TBLJonathan DrouinPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.06 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:25TBLYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:22CHIBrent Seabrook: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:58TBLLuke Witkowski: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:22CHIJonathan Toews: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:22TBLAlex Killorn: Interference2 min
  5. P2 15:23CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:40TBLLuke Witkowski: High sticking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
32Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.5
44Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits28
23Blocked shots10
7Giveaways5
7Takeaways7

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Panik – Schmaltz13:18

    xG 0.95–0.35 (73%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Kane – Kero – Panarin11:48

    xG 0.48–0.33 (60%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Tootoo – Desjardins – Hayden5:58

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  4. Hossa – Kruger – Jurco9:50

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 3–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson21:01

    xG 1.34–0.42 (76%)attempts 21–17goals 2–0

  2. Campbell – van Riemsdyk11:56

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 6–11goals 2–0

  3. Oduya – Seabrook13:58

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 7–21goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestDumont – McKegg – Brown9:21

    xG 0.18–0.03 (86%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Namestnikov – Drouin10:15

    xG 0.16–0.40 (29%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

  3. Gourde – Vermin – Erne8:36

    xG 0.23–0.66 (26%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  4. Palat – Kucherov – Point12:57

    xG 0.44–0.88 (33%)attempts 14–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Witkowski6:09

    xG 0.24–0.02 (94%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Stralman7:32

    xG 0.09–0.10 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – Witkowski4:19

    xG 0.05–0.21 (19%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

TBL 2.5 xGCHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #59 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 53% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

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