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Sun, Mar 18, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Edmonton Oilers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 59% of the time.

TBL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1808014130
TBL116114110340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:14EDMTy RattieAssists: Darnell Nurse, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:12TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Brayden Point · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:24TBLNikita KucherovPPGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:34TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Steven Stamkos, J.T. Miller · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:51EDMRyan Strome: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:21EDMJujhar Khaira: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:36EDMAndrej Sekera: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:06TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:54TBLYanni Gourde: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 5:56TBLYanni Gourde: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 11:53TBLYanni Gourde: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  8. P3 13:25TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 17:33EDMEthan Bear: Hooking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTBL
30Shots on goal40
2.8Expected goals3.3
58Shot attempts73
23Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
15Hits23
14Blocked shots11
6Giveaways6
4Takeaways2

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Slepyshev – Draisaitl – Caggiula5:25

    xG 0.11–0.17 (38%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Pakarinen – Khaira5:12

    xG 0.04–0.16 (22%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Strome – Puljujarvi5:49

    xG 0.04–0.49 (8%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Rattie – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid10:35

    xG 0.18–0.83 (18%)attempts 7–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning3:18

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse10:46

    xG 0.52–0.43 (54%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  3. Larsson – Benning2:01

    xG 0.03–0.08 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Miller11:04

    xG 0.87–0.18 (83%)attempts 22–5goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Gourde – Point10:04

    xG 0.79–0.22 (78%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Conacher – Erne6:36

    xG 0.38–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Callahan – Cirelli7:19

    xG 0.35–0.04 (90%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman13:22

    xG 0.83–0.17 (83%)attempts 18–7goals 1–1

  2. Girardi – McDonagh12:31

    xG 0.99–0.54 (64%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – McDonagh2:56

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGEDM 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #1028 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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 59% of the time.

TBL winsEDM wins

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

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