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Fri, Oct 6, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

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

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA010212114336
TBL1611138525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:33TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Brayden Point, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:25TBLBrayden PointUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:21FLAConnor BrickleyAssists: Alexander Petrovic · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:47FLAMark PysykAssists: Radim Vrbata, Vincent Trocheck · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:59TBLVladislav NamestnikovPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:38TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:30FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:46TBLOndrej PalatENAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:25TBLAndrej Sustr: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:35TBLNikita Kucherov: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:47FLAJamie McGinn: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:03TBLMikhail Sergachev: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:33FLAColton Sceviour: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 19:40FLAAaron Ekblad: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:49TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
36Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals3.3
67Shot attempts44
34Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits26
12Blocked shots17
8Giveaways7
3Takeaways9

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley7:13

    xG 0.41–0.07 (86%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Brickley – Bjugstad – McCann10:00

    xG 0.42–0.14 (76%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – McGinn – Trocheck12:04

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  4. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov12:11

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 9–9goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson15:05

    xG 0.90–0.23 (79%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Petrovic – McCoshen13:14

    xG 0.73–0.31 (71%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad14:28

    xG 0.52–0.29 (64%)attempts 20–7goals 1–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov12:49

    xG 0.55–0.60 (48%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  2. Palat – Gourde – Point10:51

    xG 0.27–0.35 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 2–1

  3. Kunitz – Dumont – Paquette7:02

    xG 0.10–0.34 (22%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Callahan – Killorn – Johnson8:57

    xG 0.15–0.73 (17%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Sergachev4:28

    xG 0.42–0.08 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Hedman4:52

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 2–0

  3. Stralman – Sergachev9:26

    xG 0.12–0.23 (35%)attempts 2–9goals 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 3.3 xGFLA 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #307 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 winsFLA wins

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

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