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Sat, Feb 10, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Los Angeles Kings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11809220347
TBL21021404428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:05TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:02LAKJonny BrodzinskiAssists: Andy Andreoff, Nicholas Shore · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:45TBLAlex KillornAssists: Steven Stamkos, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:12TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:43TBLNikita KucherovPPGWGAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:17LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Anze Kopitar, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:05LAKChristian FolinAssists: Andy Andreoff, Nicholas Shore · Slap, 0.02 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:38TBLAlex Killorn: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:08LAKMarian Gaborik: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:22TBLCory Conacher: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:22LAKJonathan Quick: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 12:28LAKTyler Toffoli: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 14:30LAKDustin Brown: Kneeing5 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:30LAKDustin Brown: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P3 6:34TBLMikhail Sergachev: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 10:32TBLCory Conacher: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTBL
47Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals3.0
71Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
21Penalty minutes8
21Hits17
15Blocked shots13
11Giveaways11
2Takeaways6

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Andreoff – Shore3:02

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Mitchell – Clifford5:23

    xG 0.19–0.15 (56%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo8:56

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Andreoff – Shore – Brodzinski6:41

    xG 0.59–0.71 (45%)attempts 10–10goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – LaDue8:53

    xG 0.59–0.21 (73%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort12:27

    xG 0.53–0.16 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  3. Forbort – Folin2:51

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 6–1goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Callahan – Paquette7:03

    xG 0.65–0.45 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Conacher – Namestnikov – Erne6:52

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Kucherov – Point10:31

    xG 0.52–0.55 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Johnson – Gourde8:17

    xG 0.18–0.41 (31%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sustr9:42

    xG 0.89–0.62 (59%)attempts 16–12goals 2–1

  2. Girardi – Sergachev13:58

    xG 0.39–0.53 (42%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  3. Stralman – Hedman12:38

    xG 0.45–0.69 (40%)attempts 10–15goals 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.

TBL 3.0 xGLAK 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #418 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

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

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