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Thu, Dec 14, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 83% of the time.

ARI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL219116113448
ARI01018015133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:30TBLVladislav NamestnikovPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:11TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:11TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:29ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Brendan Perlini · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:31TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Brayden Point, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 10:15ARIAlex Goligoski: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:34ARIJason Demers: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:04TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:10TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:10ARILuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:39TBLMikhail Sergachev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:48ARIBrad Richardson: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 2:48TBLBrayden Point: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 9:21ARIMax Domi: Elbowing2 min
  10. P3 9:21ARIMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 9:21TBLAnton Stralman: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 9:21ARINick Cousins: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 9:21TBLChris Kunitz: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 14:22TBLCory Conacher: Hooking2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLARI
48Shots on goal33
4.6Expected goals2.2
80Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
20Penalty minutes20
21Hits16
16Blocked shots13
5Giveaways5
9Takeaways1

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 – Conacher – Gourde10:29

    xG 1.17–0.67 (64%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Kunitz – Callahan – Paquette6:46

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Palat – Point9:45

    xG 0.42–0.04 (91%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  4. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov11:30

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Dotchin18:20

    xG 1.54–0.50 (76%)attempts 25–16goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – Koekkoek10:58

    xG 0.57–0.31 (64%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – Sergachev13:40

    xG 0.65–0.86 (43%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Rieder – Perlini10:40

    xG 0.56–0.20 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Fischer – Strome – Keller10:28

    xG 0.44–0.30 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Cousins – Domi2:02

    xG 0.00–0.48 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook7:31

    xG 0.18–0.68 (21%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson12:53

    xG 0.78–0.41 (66%)attempts 16–10goals 0–2

  2. Schenn – Connauton11:58

    xG 0.53–0.65 (45%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Chychrun3:44

    xG 0.02–0.26 (8%)attempts 2–9goals 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.

ARI 2.2 xGTBL 4.6 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #952 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50ARI 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 83% of the time.

ARI winsTBL wins

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

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