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Tue, Mar 6, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 62% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA11811421601449
TBL2921201111533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:38TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Andrej Sustr, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:51TBLJ.T. MillerAssists: Yanni Gourde · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:23FLANick BjugstadAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:27TBLYanni GourdeAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:35FLANick BjugstadAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:07TBLAlex KillornAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–4
  7. P3 0:21FLANick BjugstadAssists: Mike Matheson, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 5:25FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:49TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:07TBLBraydon Coburn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:07FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:04TBLSteven Stamkos: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 3:53TBLAndrej Sustr: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
49Shots on goal33
3.4Expected goals2.5
79Shot attempts60
34Faceoffs won31
2Power plays0
5Penalty minutes9
28Hits28
14Blocked shots12
7Giveaways7
1Takeaways7

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Bjugstad – Barkov16:54

    xG 1.21–0.32 (79%)attempts 25–14goals 3–0

  2. Brickley – McCann – Mamin6:48

    xG 0.36–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Trocheck – Huberdeau4:43

    xG 0.33–0.09 (78%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley5:55

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad19:37

    xG 1.43–0.44 (76%)attempts 27–17goals 2–0

  2. Petrovic – Weegar12:56

    xG 0.68–0.16 (81%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Weegar2:38

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Gourde – Point15:17

    xG 1.01–0.56 (64%)attempts 19–20goals 3–1

  2. Johnson – Conacher – Erne10:37

    xG 0.25–0.48 (34%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Callahan – Cirelli8:46

    xG 0.19–0.44 (30%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Kucherov14:42

    xG 0.49–1.08 (31%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Sergachev14:19

    xG 0.77–0.48 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 3–0

  2. Girardi – Sergachev2:38

    xG 0.21–0.04 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Hedman3:21

    xG 0.04–0.07 (37%)attempts 4–2goals 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 xGFLA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #182 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 62% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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