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Tue, Oct 16, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

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

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR112114014240
TBL1811326427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:25CARMicheal FerlandAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:42TBLTyler JohnsonSHAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:07TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Adam Erne, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:48CARMartin NecasAssists: Warren Foegele, Valentin Zykov · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:02TBLYanni GourdePPGWGAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:04TBLTyler JohnsonENAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:55TBLAdam Erne: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:37TBLBrayden Point: Holding2 min
  3. P2 0:26TBLTyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:38TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:55CARMartin Necas: Holding2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
40Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals3.0
70Shot attempts50
34Faceoffs won33
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
16Hits16
13Blocked shots20
11Giveaways9
3Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – McGinn – Wallmark2:59

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho13:34

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  3. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov9:42

    xG 0.29–0.40 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. McGinn – Zykov – Necas5:10

    xG 0.01–0.33 (4%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Faulk12:30

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Hamilton – Slavin14:38

    xG 0.50–0.76 (40%)attempts 18–18goals 1–0

  3. Pesce – van Riemsdyk12:20

    xG 0.16–0.59 (21%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Paquette – Erne6:49

    xG 0.43–0.04 (91%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Gourde – Point9:05

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov13:06

    xG 0.21–0.28 (42%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli9:08

    xG 0.26–0.36 (42%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sergachev13:04

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – McDonagh15:37

    xG 0.35–0.16 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Hedman15:00

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

TBL 3.0 xGCAR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #651 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).