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Thu, Mar 1, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Dallas Stars 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL163130313525
DAL1131621402435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:02TBLBrayden PointAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:05DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:13DALTyler SeguinAssists: John Klingberg, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:20TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Victor Hedman, Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:53TBLAlex KillornAssists: Cedric Paquette, Anthony Cirelli · Tip-in, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:08TBLSteven StamkosAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:50DALBrett RitchieAssists: Jason Dickinson, Remi Elie · Snap, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:56DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Tyler Seguin, Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:19TBLCory ConacherGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:07TBLCory Conacher: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:20TBLCedric Paquette: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:00DALStephen Johns: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 6:02DALDan Hamhuis: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:40DALJason Spezza: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 7:07TBLYanni Gourde: 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDAL
25Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts68
26Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits36
13Blocked shots17
8Giveaways16
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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Gourde – Point12:06

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Conacher – Erne9:42

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Paquette – Cirelli6:59

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Kunitz – Callahan – Stamkos12:45

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman6:24

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Sustr9:01

    xG 0.72–0.32 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  3. Hedman – Sustr2:31

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Benn – Seguin2:31

    xG 0.20–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Shore – Janmark4:36

    xG 0.17–0.03 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Dickinson – Elie7:40

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin9:29

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Johns15:10

    xG 0.38–0.25 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn14:48

    xG 0.59–0.64 (48%)attempts 15–12goals 1–2

  3. Klingberg – Lindell16:14

    xG 0.45–0.67 (40%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

DAL 3.2 xGTBL 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #19 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.90 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +53 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

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

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