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Tue, Feb 19, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL31308212533
PHI0701429230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:22TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Steven Stamkos, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:13TBLAlex KillornAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Adam Erne · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:23TBLJ.T. MillerGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:03PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Sean Couturier, Michael Raffl · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:42TBLYanni GourdePPAssists: J.T. Miller, Ryan McDonagh · Slap, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 10:51PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier, Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:23TBLRyan McDonaghENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.48 xG5–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:33PHIPhil Varone: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  2. P1 18:59TBLAdam Erne: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:00TBLDanick Martel: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:08TBLAnthony Cirelli: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 2:17TBLTyler Johnson: Interference2 min
  6. P3 2:17PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 5:43PHIWayne Simmonds: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:19PHIPhil Varone: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 16:11PHIRadko Gudas: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 19:23PHIWayne Simmonds: 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Paquette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
33Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals1.8
61Shot attempts60
22Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes20
22Hits26
19Blocked shots15
8Giveaways13
7Takeaways4

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. bestCallahan – Paquette – Martel8:43

    xG 1.10–0.05 (95%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Miller11:03

    xG 0.40–0.04 (91%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  3. Killorn – Erne – Cirelli6:27

    xG 0.40–0.17 (71%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  4. Johnson – Kucherov – Gourde9:44

    xG 0.13–0.78 (14%)attempts 9–19goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Girardi2:34

    xG 0.61–0.13 (83%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak12:43

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Sergachev11:46

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Couturier – Lindblom5:44

    xG 0.25–0.06 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Varone – Raffl – Bailey2:59

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier3:37

    xG 0.20–0.36 (36%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick10:29

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 4–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Gostisbehere – Sanheim2:10

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Provorov16:19

    xG 0.69–0.68 (50%)attempts 20–17goals 1–1

  3. Gudas – Gostisbehere3:05

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

PHI 1.8 xGTBL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #633 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 79% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

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