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Thu, Oct 26, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET19010112231
TBL114012212338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:18DETFrans NielsenSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:33TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:22TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:04TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:11DETFrans NielsenPPAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:19DETMike Green: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:57TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:59DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:24DETMartin Frk: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 2:53TBLJT Brown: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 6:56DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:20DETAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 12:20TBLMikhail Sergachev: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 13:25DETGustav Nyquist: Interference2 min
  10. P3 4:52DETFrans Nielsen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 10:24TBLChris Kunitz: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 17:36TBLMikhail Sergachev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 18:37TBLNikita Kucherov: Holding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
31Shots on goal38
2.0Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts69
25Faceoffs won24
5Power plays6
14Penalty minutes12
22Hits15
14Blocked shots9
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways13

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. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Tatar7:54

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Wilson – Glendening – Frk2:13

    xG 0.02–0.06 (20%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Athanasiou6:03

    xG 0.19–0.30 (38%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha2:14

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jensen – Ouellet5:38

    xG 0.25–0.23 (53%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Jensen2:30

    xG 0.02–0.01 (52%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Green2:14

    xG 0.01–0.04 (11%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Gourde – Point7:57

    xG 0.44–0.03 (93%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov9:52

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Point2:35

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Callahan – Brown8:57

    xG 0.16–0.25 (38%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Girardi8:10

    xG 0.50–0.08 (86%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Dotchin10:09

    xG 0.43–0.15 (74%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Hedman2:10

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 3.1 xGDET 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #774 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 70% 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).