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Sat, Oct 5, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 68% of the time.

FLA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01018217335
FLA0831416428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:39FLAMike HoffmanPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:05FLAMike HoffmanPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:32FLANoel AcciariAssists: Colton Sceviour, Dryden Hunt · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:23TBLGemel SmithAssists: Luke Witkowski, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:17FLAMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Brett Connolly · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:40TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Victor Hedman, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:41TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Yanni Gourde, Carter Verhaeghe · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:18TBLPatrick Maroon: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 8:33TBLMathieu Joseph: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:24TBLAnthony Cirelli: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 5:39TBLGemel Smith: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 5:39FLAMike Hoffman: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 7:16FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 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 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLFLA
35Shots on goal28
4.0Expected goals2.9
53Shot attempts43
32Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits26
5Blocked shots14
6Giveaways10
9Takeaways8

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Verhaeghe – Joseph5:48

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Johnson – Kucherov8:43

    xG 0.35–0.49 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Killorn – Palat – Cirelli8:58

    xG 0.09–0.26 (25%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Hedman11:45

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Coburn – Sergachev5:59

    xG 0.03–0.22 (12%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak7:52

    xG 0.12–0.41 (22%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov8:46

    xG 0.44–0.12 (79%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Sceviour – Hunt – Acciari6:11

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Hoffman – Connolly – Trocheck8:05

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Hawryluk – Vatrano – Borgstrom5:14

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Weegar12:15

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Matheson – Ekblad14:00

    xG 0.55–0.61 (47%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Brown8:00

    xG 0.04–0.77 (4%)attempts 1–12goals 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.

FLA 2.9 xGTBL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLATBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #338 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50FLA 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 68% of the time.

FLA winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
+6
+7

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