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Mon, Mar 26, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Arizona Coyotes 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 78% of the time.

TBL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI012212211435
TBL070617120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:45ARITrevor MurphyAssists: Jordan Martinook, Nick Cousins · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:22ARIJakob ChychrunPPGWGAssists: Richard Panik, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 10:28ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Dylan Strome, Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:37TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:52ARIClayton KellerENAssists: Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.69 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:07TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:44TBLCedric Paquette: Interference2 min
  3. P2 14:28ARIJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 16:12TBLChris Kunitz: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:17TBLTyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:53ARIJordan Martinook: Slashing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARITBL
35Shots on goal20
3.3Expected goals1.7
56Shot attempts43
26Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
24Hits20
9Blocked shots14
7Giveaways8
6Takeaways7

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Panik – Keller11:42

    xG 0.98–0.12 (89%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Archibald – Domi – Dvorak9:48

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Perlini – Fischer – Strome9:52

    xG 0.22–0.48 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook11:56

    xG 0.11–0.40 (22%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Ekman-Larsson15:32

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Connauton – Murphy9:24

    xG 0.25–0.27 (49%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun16:32

    xG 0.41–0.52 (44%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKucherov – Miller – Point4:59

    xG 0.22–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Gourde4:00

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Kucherov – Miller8:10

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Paquette – Cirelli2:50

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sergachev6:35

    xG 0.45–0.06 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – Hedman2:05

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Koekkoek2:31

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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 1.7 xGARI 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #958 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 78% of the time.

TBL winsARI wins

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

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