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Thu, Nov 9, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

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

LAK winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL414019110543
LAK091619224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:27TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Steven Stamkos, Slater Koekkoek · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:01TBLAlex KillornAssists: Dan Girardi, Tyler Johnson · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:35TBLVictor HedmanGWGAssists: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P1 11:29TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.14 xG4–0
  5. P2 17:31LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:39LAKOscar FantenbergAssists: Dustin Brown, Brooks Laich · Snap, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 12:59TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.07 xG5–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:42TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:21LAKNic Dowd: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 8:21TBLVictor Hedman: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 10:35LAKMichael Amadio: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  5. P2 2:13LAKJake Muzzin: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 6:36LAKAndy Andreoff: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 6:36TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 12:00LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 16:20LAKAlec Martinez: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 16:55TBLSteven Stamkos: Interference2 min
  11. P3 14:14TBLYanni Gourde: Interference2 min
  12. P3 17:05LAKJonathan Quick: Tripping2 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 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Shore
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLLAK
43Shots on goal24
4.5Expected goals2.4
64Shot attempts47
30Faceoffs won33
5Power plays3
10Penalty minutes14
13Hits23
7Blocked shots13
4Giveaways17
4Takeaways1

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. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov10:50

    xG 1.15–0.33 (77%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Palat – Gourde – Point11:33

    xG 0.38–0.16 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Brown2:06

    xG 0.12–0.08 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Dumont – Brown8:51

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Sergachev8:38

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Girardi9:40

    xG 0.66–0.45 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Stralman – Koekkoek2:40

    xG 0.12–0.05 (72%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLaich – Brown – Pearson2:54

    xG 0.13–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Cammalleri – Laich – Dowd2:55

    xG 0.08–0.06 (54%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Andreoff – Shore8:48

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo3:20

    xG 0.08–0.19 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Muzzin – Fantenberg6:25

    xG 0.35–0.34 (51%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Forbort2:04

    xG 0.01–0.11 (10%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort13:44

    xG 0.40–0.64 (39%)attempts 14–9goals 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.

LAK 2.4 xGTBL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #493 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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.

LAK winsTBL wins

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

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