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Thu, Mar 30, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET19110115334
TBL19312111532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:22DETFrans NielsenAssists: Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:58TBLJT BrownAssists: Gabriel Dumont · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:22TBLAndrej SustrAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:46DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Tomas Tatar, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:13TBLAlex KillornPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:04TBLJonathan DrouinPPGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:03TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Ondrej Palat, Andrej Sustr · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–5
  8. P3 8:18DETMike GreenPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:47TBLLuke Witkowski: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:47DETAnthony Mantha: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:41TBLJT Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 5:41DETXavier Ouellet: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:31DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 8:31TBLJake Dotchin: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:47DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:42DETDanny DeKeyser: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 0:00TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 7:11TBLGreg McKegg: Holding the stick2 min · PPG

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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
34Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals2.7
62Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
16Penalty minutes16
21Hits23
7Blocked shots8
3Giveaways6
3Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Sheahan – Larkin2:20

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Sheahan – Nosek5:50

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Sheahan2:47

    xG 0.06–0.13 (33%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Athanasiou – Larkin8:53

    xG 0.13–0.22 (38%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRusso – Ouellet4:39

    xG 0.19–0.11 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Green18:27

    xG 0.66–0.69 (49%)attempts 21–17goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser5:27

    xG 0.06–0.12 (31%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Gourde – Point6:43

    xG 0.48–0.03 (94%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Namestnikov – Drouin7:11

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Namestnikov – Gourde5:48

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Gourde – Vermin – Erne2:10

    xG 0.01–0.03 (17%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sustr8:12

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Witkowski6:33

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Sustr3:02

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 2.7 xGDET 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #359 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 66% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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