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Sat, Dec 22, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 85% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL116214315645
EDM1811119328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:15EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Connor McDavid, Jesse Puljujarvi · Slap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:09TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:50EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:00TBLNikita KucherovUnassisted · Snap, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:32TBLJ.T. MillerAssists: Erik Cernak, Alex Killorn · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:17TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.39 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:17EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.16 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:03TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Anton Stralman · Snap, 0.10 xG5–3
  9. P3 18:35TBLTyler JohnsonENAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.70 xG6–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 16:14EDMTobias Rieder: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:37TBLBrayden Point: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:37EDMAlex Chiasson: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 1:29TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:29EDMAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  6. P3 5:53TBLRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:15TBLRyan Callahan: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 19:15TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:15EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:15EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:15TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:15EDMZack Kassian: Game misconduct10 min
  13. P3 19:15TBLCedric Paquette: Game misconduct10 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLEDM
45Shots on goal28
5.8Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts55
28Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
22Penalty minutes20
22Hits24
16Blocked shots12
13Giveaways19
9Takeaways13

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Kucherov – Point13:23

    xG 1.46–0.65 (69%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Killorn – Miller – Cirelli8:50

    xG 0.78–0.04 (96%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  3. Callahan – Paquette – Martel7:12

    xG 0.44–0.21 (68%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Palat – Gourde11:49

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman14:58

    xG 1.44–0.47 (76%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  2. Coburn – Sergachev11:30

    xG 1.19–0.59 (67%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  3. Hedman – Sergachev2:27

    xG 0.52–0.23 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Brodziak – Lucic – Kassian7:28

    xG 0.22–0.37 (37%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid2:44

    xG 0.04–0.27 (12%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi10:07

    xG 0.58–0.85 (41%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  4. Brodziak – Lucic – Puljujarvi3:37

    xG 0.10–0.48 (17%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Garrison – Benning11:30

    xG 0.55–0.70 (44%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Gravel – Jones16:04

    xG 0.32–0.84 (27%)attempts 14–20goals 1–1

  3. Larsson – Nurse19:40

    xG 0.99–2.51 (28%)attempts 19–18goals 0–3

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.

EDM 3.1 xGTBL 5.8 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #278 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 85% of the time.

EDM winsTBL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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