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Thu, Dec 27, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI1111931300533
TBL2163120811637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:50PHIMichael RafflAssists: Scott Laughton, Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:56TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Tyler Johnson, Brayden Point · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:12TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Yanni Gourde, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:36PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:23TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:54TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Slap, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:51TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–5
  8. P3 1:33PHIDale WeiseAssists: James van Riemsdyk · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 4:21PHIRobert HaggAssists: Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk · Slap, 0.07 xG4–5
  10. P3 8:38PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Jakub Voracek, Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.06 xG5–5
  11. OT 0:18TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:20TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:22PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:33TBLAnthony Cirelli: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:33PHINolan Patrick: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:36TBLJ.T. Miller: Delaying game bench2 min
  6. P2 13:21PHIAndrew MacDonald: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:00PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 16:16TBLAdam Erne: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:16PHIRadko Gudas: Roughing2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITBL
33Shots on goal37
2.7Expected goals3.1
65Shot attempts56
37Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
17Hits16
10Blocked shots19
8Giveaways8
6Takeaways8

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeise – Varone – Lindblom3:48

    xG 0.31–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier10:49

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Weise – Laughton – Raffl2:49

    xG 0.10–0.03 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Raffl – Patrick3:49

    xG 0.10–0.35 (23%)attempts 2–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gudas12:10

    xG 0.70–0.44 (61%)attempts 21–10goals 2–0

  2. Hagg – Provorov2:16

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Sanheim – Provorov14:25

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Miller – Cirelli3:44

    xG 0.18–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Paquette – Erne7:35

    xG 0.21–0.31 (41%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Killorn – Cirelli3:16

    xG 0.08–0.18 (31%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Palat – Gourde10:09

    xG 0.01–0.24 (3%)attempts 2–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Hedman14:54

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

  2. McDonagh – Sergachev2:31

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – McDonagh14:07

    xG 0.73–0.84 (46%)attempts 13–17goals 0–4

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 3.1 xGPHI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 100/100 · #3 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.66 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 57% of the time.

TBL winsPHI wins

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

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