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Fri, Nov 23, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11117014232
TBL4190604429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:29TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:15TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:05TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P1 11:10CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Nick Schmaltz · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P1 14:52TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P2 18:49CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:37CHIDuncan Keith: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 3:39CHIDominik Kahun: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 6:40CHIJan Rutta: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 8:16TBLAdam Erne: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 10:07TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
32Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals4.1
60Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits23
9Blocked shots14
5Giveaways5
7Takeaways13

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kane – Saad12:11

    xG 0.85–0.63 (58%)attempts 15–8goals 1–3

  2. Fortin – Kampf – Kahun8:34

    xG 0.11–0.31 (26%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Kruger – Johnson7:01

    xG 0.09–0.59 (13%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Anisimov – Schmaltz – DeBrincat10:27

    xG 0.31–1.09 (22%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Forsling10:11

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Rutta6:09

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Gustafsson – Forsling8:06

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Joseph – Cirelli9:31

    xG 0.76–0.34 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Callahan – Paquette – Erne8:32

    xG 0.52–0.30 (64%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Stamkos – Miller – Gourde9:04

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Kucherov – Point12:25

    xG 0.71–0.98 (42%)attempts 10–20goals 3–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Hedman13:43

    xG 1.13–0.18 (86%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak15:21

    xG 1.28–0.99 (56%)attempts 16–21goals 4–1

  3. Coburn – Sergachev11:11

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 10–5goals 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 4.1 xGCHI 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #747 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 66% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

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