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Tue, Nov 27, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Anaheim Ducks 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA091627322
TBL010111014135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:04ANAJosh MansonAssists: Adam Henrique, Nick Ritchie · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:34TBLBrayden PointAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:51ANANick RitchiePPGWGAssists: Pontus Aberg, Ondrej Kase · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:39ANACarter RowneyAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Pontus Aberg · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:23ANAJosh Manson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:50TBLNikita Kucherov: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 4:13TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:47ANABrandon Montour: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 9:14ANABrian Gibbons: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 12:12TBLBrayden Point: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 17:13ANARyan Getzlaf: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANATBL
22Shots on goal35
2.2Expected goals2.9
42Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
22Hits29
13Blocked shots8
3Giveaways7
5Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Kase10:29

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Gibbons – Aberg – Rowney8:01

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Silfverberg – Rakell13:45

    xG 0.57–0.80 (42%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Sherwood10:02

    xG 0.27–0.52 (34%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWelinski – Montour10:24

    xG 0.40–0.22 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Dotchin – Pettersson7:46

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Pettersson – Montour4:51

    xG 0.18–0.23 (45%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Joseph – Cirelli6:40

    xG 0.27–0.02 (93%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Kucherov – Point14:24

    xG 0.95–0.81 (54%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  3. Stamkos – Miller – Gourde10:47

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Callahan – Paquette – Erne8:44

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Hedman15:05

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak14:22

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Coburn – Sergachev12:19

    xG 0.43–0.62 (41%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

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 2.9 xGANA 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #885 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 61% of the time.

TBL winsANA wins

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

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