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Thu, Jan 25, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0331128522
PHI09011117137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:25TBLBrayden PointAssists: Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:56TBLYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Matthew Peca, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:29TBLRyan CallahanSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–0
  4. P3 13:18PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:05TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:11TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.15 xG5–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:14PHIMichael Raffl: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:02TBLTyler Johnson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 16:57TBLDan Girardi: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 5:04TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 11:27TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 19:50PHIScott Laughton: Misconduct10 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
22Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals2.3
43Shot attempts68
34Faceoffs won28
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
16Hits25
20Blocked shots12
10Giveaways8
13Takeaways4

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 – Peca – Gourde9:23

    xG 0.61–0.07 (89%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov3:15

    xG 0.43–0.09 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 2–0

  3. Kunitz – Stamkos – Namestnikov10:05

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Kucherov – Point11:10

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Koekkoek13:29

    xG 0.76–0.23 (77%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Dotchin14:31

    xG 0.82–0.53 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 3–0

  3. Koekkoek – Dotchin3:22

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Couturier – Konecny13:11

    xG 0.81–0.12 (87%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Weal – Patrick7:15

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Voracek – Raffl9:07

    xG 0.21–0.21 (51%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Laughton – Goulbourne4:11

    xG 0.08–0.14 (36%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Provorov14:26

    xG 0.58–0.06 (91%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Provorov3:01

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Hagg13:19

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 18–14goals 0–1

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.

PHI 2.3 xGTBL 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #960 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
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+7

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