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Mon, Mar 18, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Arizona Coyotes 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 55% of the time.

TBL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI17011011129
TBL1801036424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:03ARIClayton KellerAssists: Christian Dvorak, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:54TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Ryan McDonagh, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:44TBLVictor HedmanGWGAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:15TBLAnthony CirelliENUnassisted · Slap, 0.47 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:51TBLYanni GourdeENAssists: Andrei Vasilevskiy · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:44TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  2. P3 6:18TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 6:18ARIRichard Panik: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 8:50ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 18:21TBLSteven Stamkos: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARITBL
29Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts43
36Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits30
12Blocked shots12
4Giveaways4
9Takeaways7

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Galchenyuk – Garland12:23

    xG 0.64–0.10 (87%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Panik – Dvorak – Keller11:01

    xG 0.72–0.34 (68%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza12:32

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse9:09

    xG 0.53–0.68 (44%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson16:34

    xG 0.58–0.17 (78%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Chychrun12:31

    xG 0.87–0.58 (60%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Oesterle2:06

    xG 0.17–0.03 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Miller – Cirelli4:46

    xG 0.39–0.02 (96%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Miller9:44

    xG 0.42–0.25 (62%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli5:17

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Gourde – Paquette – Erne8:01

    xG 0.19–0.21 (47%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev17:50

    xG 0.90–0.36 (72%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. McDonagh – Sergachev2:28

    xG 0.09–0.15 (38%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Rutta11:45

    xG 0.33–0.58 (36%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

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 xGARI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #874 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 55% of the time.

TBL winsARI wins

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

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