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Thu, Oct 3, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 63% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01211619237
TBL1819313530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:39TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Mathieu Joseph · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:35FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Brett Connolly · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:28TBLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Alex Killorn · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:49FLAVincent TrocheckSHAssists: Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:34TBLOndrej PalatPPGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Mikhail Sergachev · Tip-in, 0.31 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:51TBLPatrick MaroonAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:14TBLErik CernakENAssists: Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:54TBLMikhail Sergachev: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:09TBLMikhail Sergachev: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:27FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 5:56TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:06FLAFrank Vatrano: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:03TBLGemel Smith: Illegal check to head2 min
  7. P3 11:49FLAMike Hoffman: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
37Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals2.7
60Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits17
15Blocked shots15
8Giveaways6
6Takeaways7

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Connolly – Trocheck9:41

    xG 0.28–0.02 (94%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov11:37

    xG 0.58–0.43 (57%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Vatrano – Malgin – Borgstrom10:23

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Sceviour – Hunt – Acciari7:51

    xG 0.21–0.41 (34%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Weegar13:00

    xG 0.58–0.08 (88%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Matheson3:21

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Brown12:19

    xG 0.26–0.54 (32%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Palat – Cirelli11:05

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Johnson – Kucherov11:39

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Verhaeghe – Joseph7:34

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sergachev7:12

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak13:22

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Hedman11:31

    xG 0.47–0.59 (44%)attempts 10–14goals 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 2.7 xGFLA 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #474 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 63% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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