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Mon, Oct 30, 2017·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Tampa Bay Lightning 8, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 82% of the time.

FLA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL31331827838
FLA291628523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:48TBLBrayden PointAssists: Braydon Coburn, Dan Girardi · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:55TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:31FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:40TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn · Slap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P1 19:07FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 5:32FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Evgenii Dadonov · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P2 7:17TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Brayden Point, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P2 9:38TBLYanni GourdePPAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–3
  9. P2 15:41TBLVladislav NamestnikovGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.05 xG6–3
  10. P3 5:32FLAJamie McGinnAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Radim Vrbata · Tip-in, 0.08 xG6–4
  11. P3 9:02TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Jake Dotchin, Vladislav Namestnikov · Tip-in, 0.09 xG7–4
  12. P3 11:29FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.09 xG7–5
  13. P3 19:41TBLAnton StralmanENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG8–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:14FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:37TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:29TBLGabriel Dumont: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:58FLAKeith Yandle: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:36TBLChris Kunitz: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:36FLAAaron Ekblad: Interference2 min
  7. P2 16:26FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 16:26TBLBraydon Coburn: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 6:28FLAIan McCoshen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 13:34FLADerek MacKenzie: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dumont won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLFLA
38Shots on goal23
3.8Expected goals1.8
61Shot attempts48
36Faceoffs won37
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
8Hits14
15Blocked shots12
17Giveaways14
12Takeaways16

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 – Brown8:52

    xG 0.59–0.20 (74%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  2. Kunitz – Callahan – Dumont12:12

    xG 0.47–0.17 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov9:10

    xG 0.50–0.24 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 3–2

  4. Palat – Gourde – Point9:33

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 8–7goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Dotchin14:34

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 13–16goals 2–2

  2. Stralman – Sergachev8:09

    xG 0.37–0.21 (63%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – Hedman4:58

    xG 0.05–0.13 (26%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov13:14

    xG 0.43–0.32 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 3–0

  2. Vrbata – McGinn – Bjugstad2:57

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  3. MacKenzie – Trocheck – Tippett2:59

    xG 0.05–0.08 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Haley – Balisy – Malgin4:44

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pysyk – McCoshen11:35

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 7–10goals 1–2

  2. Yandle – Ekblad15:03

    xG 0.32–0.61 (34%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1

  3. Matheson – Weegar13:46

    xG 0.39–0.86 (31%)attempts 12–20goals 1–1

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.

FLA 1.8 xGTBL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLATBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #105 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 82% of the time.

FLA winsTBL wins

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

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