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Tue, Oct 24, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 80% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL11011039529
CAR08011113132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:25TBLTyler JohnsonPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:13TBLMikhail SergachevGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos, Tyler Johnson · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:28CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Brett Pesce, Josh Jooris · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:27TBLVladislav NamestnikovENAssists: Victor Hedman, Jake Dotchin · Wrist, 0.66 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:39TBLRyan CallahanENAssists: Chris Kunitz, JT Brown · Wrist, 0.73 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:56TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Steven Stamkos, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:19TBLChris Kunitz: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:30TBLAndrej Sustr: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:30CARJustin Williams: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:20TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:17CARJustin Williams: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:17TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:33TBLSteven Stamkos: 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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Kruger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
29Shots on goal32
5.2Expected goals3.0
46Shot attempts77
23Faceoffs won34
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
21Hits22
22Blocked shots6
7Giveaways7
15Takeaways15

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. bestKillorn – Johnson – Gourde3:26

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Point2:22

    xG 0.17–0.14 (56%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov11:48

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 7–20goals 1–0

  4. Kunitz – Callahan – Brown9:08

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Sergachev3:12

    xG 0.55–0.08 (87%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Sustr4:16

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – Girardi6:52

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Lindholm – Aho11:48

    xG 0.66–0.40 (62%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris7:32

    xG 0.66–0.53 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Williams – Skinner – Ryan11:25

    xG 0.61–0.55 (53%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Rask – Teravainen – McGinn8:30

    xG 0.32–0.34 (48%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce16:06

    xG 0.96–0.68 (59%)attempts 25–9goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin13:29

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury11:58

    xG 0.60–0.63 (49%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

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.

CAR 3.0 xGTBL 5.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #853 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 80% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).