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Sat, Mar 9, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 83% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET071918224
TBL27014112333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:06TBLRyan McDonaghAssists: Erik Cernak, Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:56TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Brayden Point, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:56DETThomas VanekPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Filip Zadina · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:53TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Tyler Johnson · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:04DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:28DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:10TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:32TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 min
  4. P1 19:52TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:52DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:33DETDanny DeKeyser: Holding2 min
  7. P2 9:51TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 12:07TBLMathieu Joseph: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 17:58TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 4:09DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
24Shots on goal33
1.4Expected goals3.3
43Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won41
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
29Hits21
12Blocked shots10
5Giveaways4
4Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestde la Rose – Ehn – Rasmussen7:11

    xG 0.16–0.10 (60%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Helm – Glendening8:36

    xG 0.04–0.12 (24%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Mantha8:05

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  4. Nielsen – Vanek – Zadina7:23

    xG 0.09–0.62 (13%)attempts 2–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kronwall – Daley2:51

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  2. Kronwall – Hronek2:12

    xG 0.03–0.07 (31%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Hronek12:25

    xG 0.10–0.37 (22%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Kucherov – Point12:47

    xG 0.44–0.13 (76%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  2. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli6:02

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 1–0

  3. Callahan – Gourde – Paquette7:04

    xG 0.36–0.08 (82%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Palat – Miller9:10

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Rutta8:07

    xG 0.51–0.10 (84%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak13:39

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Hedman – Sergachev15:21

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 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 3.3 xGDET 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #904 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 83% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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