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Thu, Oct 18, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 74% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0811606130
TBL11316112331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:33TBLBrayden PointAssists: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:20DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Trevor Daley, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:19TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:53TBLAlex KillornENAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:19DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:36DETLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:50TBLJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:56TBLJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:08DETTyler Bertuzzi: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:08TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:08TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:33TBLOndrej Palat: Interference2 min
  9. P3 4:13DETChristoffer Ehn: Holding2 min
  10. P3 7:40DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
  11. P3 19:21TBLBraydon Coburn: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
30Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.5
52Shot attempts65
36Faceoffs won35
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
16Hits26
19Blocked shots15
4Giveaways4
7Takeaways12

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi7:23

    xG 0.45–0.03 (93%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Nyquist – Larkin9:41

    xG 0.12–0.05 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Mantha – Ehn3:19

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Glendening – Rasmussen2:54

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Jensen11:19

    xG 0.47–0.12 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Witkowski – Hicketts8:44

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Cholowski12:38

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 7–22goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Gourde – Point10:37

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli5:54

    xG 0.06–0.05 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Miller – Paquette7:53

    xG 0.14–0.24 (36%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov9:36

    xG 0.13–0.77 (15%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Coburn – Sergachev11:20

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – McDonagh14:28

    xG 0.29–0.39 (42%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Hedman12:52

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

TBL 3.5 xGDET 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #867 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 74% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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