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Thu, Feb 14, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Dallas Stars 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 56% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01301207032
TBL41021402626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:19TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Ondrej Palat, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:39TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:53TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Steven Stamkos, Ondrej Palat · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P1 14:40TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P2 8:23TBLAlex KillornAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–5
  6. P2 16:28TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:41DALTaylor Fedun: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:11DALMattias Janmark: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:14TBLJ.T. Miller: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:10DALTyler Seguin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:49DALAlexander Radulov: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:55TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 8:07DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:07TBLAdam Erne: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 8:07DALJamie Benn: Cross checking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTBL
32Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals2.3
55Shot attempts47
34Faceoffs won24
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
27Hits23
11Blocked shots9
6Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFaksa – Janmark – Gurianov8:33

    xG 0.50–0.08 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin7:32

    xG 0.53–0.14 (80%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Dickinson – Nichushkin2:12

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Nichushkin – Hintz5:07

    xG 0.02–0.03 (47%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Oleksiak5:09

    xG 0.20–0.09 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Fedun – Lindell7:58

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  3. Klingberg – Heiskanen2:55

    xG 0.18–0.10 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKucherov – Gourde – Point10:49

    xG 0.89–0.41 (68%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Stamkos – Johnson – Palat8:21

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Miller – Cirelli11:38

    xG 0.29–0.54 (34%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  4. Paquette – Erne – Joseph10:31

    xG 0.02–0.33 (6%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – Hedman16:55

    xG 0.57–0.44 (56%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Sergachev15:10

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  3. Stralman – McDonagh13:57

    xG 0.48–0.83 (36%)attempts 12–19goals 2–0

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.

TBL 2.3 xGDAL 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1235 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 56% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

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

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