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Sun, Jan 7, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL2914211524
DET012114110236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:56TBLDan GirardiAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Yanni Gourde · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:11TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Dan Girardi, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:10DETGustav NyquistAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:00TBLYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Vladislav Namestnikov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:06DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Anthony Mantha · Slap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:42TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:05TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 16:35TBLBrayden Point: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 16:35TBLBrayden Point: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:35DETDylan Larkin: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 16:35DETDylan Larkin: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:16TBLNikita Kucherov: Interference2 min
  6. P1 18:23TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 min
  7. P1 18:23TBLYanni Gourde: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 18:23DETTomas Tatar: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 10:04TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 11:42TBLBraydon Coburn: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paquette won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
24Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals3.2
46Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won33
0Power plays4
20Penalty minutes12
24Hits26
16Blocked shots13
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways5

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. bestCallahan – Palat – Paquette2:28

    xG 0.26–0.08 (76%)attempts 7–1goals 0–1

  2. Kunitz – Stamkos – Kucherov12:14

    xG 0.39–0.37 (52%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Callahan – Kucherov – Paquette2:47

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Namestnikov – Gourde12:09

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sustr3:03

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Sergachev10:44

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Hedman – Koekkoek11:36

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi13:47

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  2. Frk – Athanasiou – Mantha3:39

    xG 0.21–0.16 (56%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm9:58

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Frk – Mantha – Larkin2:35

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green8:46

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  2. Ericsson – Jensen8:35

    xG 0.56–0.35 (61%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Green – Ouellet6:26

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 8–4goals 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.

DET 3.2 xGTBL 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #582 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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