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Thu, Mar 21, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 67% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL27010415632
CAR2131609328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:20TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:51CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:32CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:34TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Nikita Kucherov · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:34CARJordan StaalAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:35TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:09TBLRyan CallahanGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 16:36TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.21 xG5–3
  9. P3 18:55TBLRyan McDonaghENUnassisted · Snap, 0.44 xG6–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:43CARNino Niederreiter: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:42TBLCedric Paquette: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:09TBLYanni Gourde: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  4. P1 14:09CARTrevor van Riemsdyk: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 1:54CARLucas Wallmark: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 5:11TBLJan Rutta: Holding2 min
  7. P2 6:12CARDougie Hamilton: Elbowing2 min
  8. P3 2:55TBLErik Cernak: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 2:55CARWarren Foegele: Embellishment2 min
  10. P3 10:24CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 15:21CARMicheal Ferland: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Wallmark
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
32Shots on goal28
4.0Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts55
44Faceoffs won22
5Power plays3
16Penalty minutes14
32Hits31
14Blocked shots17
13Giveaways6
9Takeaways6

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 – Joseph3:03

    xG 0.47–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Miller – Paquette3:18

    xG 0.34–0.08 (80%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Stamkos – Palat – Miller7:17

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Callahan – Gourde – Paquette3:01

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev10:45

    xG 0.72–0.56 (56%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Coburn – Rutta10:20

    xG 0.34–0.32 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Hedman – Cernak2:24

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho8:29

    xG 0.77–0.30 (72%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Ferland – Martinook – Wallmark5:59

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov9:02

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. McKegg – McGinn – Foegele6:47

    xG 0.12–0.71 (15%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Pesce12:14

    xG 0.94–0.58 (62%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – van Riemsdyk11:45

    xG 0.46–0.39 (55%)attempts 17–5goals 1–1

  3. Hamilton – Slavin12:31

    xG 0.49–0.54 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

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.

CAR 3.0 xGTBL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #218 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 67% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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