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Thu, Feb 15, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 64% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET017111011139
TBL21211317432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:55TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:05TBLNikita KucherovPPGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:08TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:29DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:35TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:25TBLSteven Stamkos: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 5:58DETAnthony Mantha: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:43TBLBraydon Coburn: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:23DETDanny DeKeyser: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:43DETAnthony Mantha: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:36TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:32DETFrans Nielsen: Cross checking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
39Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits18
16Blocked shots9
7Giveaways6
5Takeaways8

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha13:55

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Booth – Glendening – Frk5:23

    xG 0.02–0.08 (22%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Bertuzzi – Larkin12:05

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm11:45

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green12:58

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Daley2:05

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser15:40

    xG 0.34–0.74 (31%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Kucherov – Point12:42

    xG 0.71–0.17 (81%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Kunitz – Callahan – Namestnikov10:17

    xG 0.29–0.14 (68%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Johnson – Gourde12:08

    xG 0.36–0.45 (44%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  4. Peca – Paquette – Erne6:20

    xG 0.08–0.30 (21%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Sergachev6:33

    xG 0.49–0.03 (94%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – Hedman9:08

    xG 0.58–0.34 (64%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Hedman – Sustr2:45

    xG 0.11–0.04 (71%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

TBL 2.5 xGDET 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #972 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 64% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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