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Mon, Dec 31, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Anaheim Ducks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 59% of the time.

ANA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL1901201311235
ANA1160701300136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:06TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Erik Cernak, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:08ANANick RitchieAssists: Ondrej Kase, Josh Mahura · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:35TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:43TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:34ANAJosh Mahura: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 12:38ANABrandon Montour: Holding2 min
  4. P3 0:46ANANick Ritchie: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 0:46TBLYanni Gourde: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 3:44ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rowney won the faceoff against Paquette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLANA
35Shots on goal36
3.3Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts60
21Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
35Hits31
10Blocked shots12
12Giveaways18
6Takeaways10

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. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Palat10:33

    xG 0.72–0.29 (71%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Paquette – Joseph5:56

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Kucherov – Point13:00

    xG 0.63–0.75 (46%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

  4. Gourde – Erne – Cirelli10:43

    xG 0.05–0.41 (10%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Hedman4:34

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak13:52

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Coburn – Stralman4:12

    xG 0.04–0.17 (18%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGibbons – Aberg – Rowney6:11

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:57

    xG 0.35–0.04 (89%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase11:03

    xG 0.48–0.26 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Getzlaf – Aberg – Sherwood3:17

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm2:46

    xG 0.25–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Montour15:19

    xG 0.49–0.35 (58%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  3. Manson – Montour2:32

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

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.

ANA 2.8 xGTBL 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANATBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #987 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 59% of the time.

ANA winsTBL wins

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

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