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Sat, Oct 19, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Colorado Avalanche 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TBL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1631028624
TBL112016118246

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:09COLTyson JostAssists: Samuel Girard, Colin Wilson · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:35TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Kevin Shattenkirk · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:17COLTyson JostAssists: J.T. Compher, Colin Wilson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:48COLGabriel LandeskogGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Ian Cole · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:06COLTyson JostAssists: J.T. Compher, Colin Wilson · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 6:30COLNazem KadriAssists: Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–1
  7. P3 11:48TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Alex Killorn · Tip-in, 0.07 xG5–2
  8. P3 14:27COLMikko RantanenUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG6–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:33TBLBraydon Coburn: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:41COLNikita Zadorov: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:27TBLErik Cernak: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:27COLMatt Calvert: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 13:00COLGabriel Landeskog: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:00TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:52TBLLuke Witkowski: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 3:19COLGabriel Landeskog: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 3:46TBLOndrej Palat: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 3:46COLNazem Kadri: Embellishment2 min
  11. P3 5:06COLRyan Graves: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  12. P3 19:43TBLVictor Hedman: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 19:43COLMatt Calvert: Fighting5 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLTBL
24Shots on goal46
1.7Expected goals2.5
43Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
18Penalty minutes18
18Hits26
15Blocked shots8
4Giveaways5
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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:18

    xG 0.52–0.35 (60%)attempts 15–14goals 2–1

  2. Calvert – Nieto – Bellemare9:07

    xG 0.46–0.34 (58%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Wilson – Compher – Jost8:15

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 8–7goals 3–0

  4. Kadri – Donskoi – Burakovsky11:59

    xG 0.14–0.61 (19%)attempts 5–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Girard14:40

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Girard2:18

    xG 0.05–0.06 (42%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Makar12:40

    xG 0.44–0.66 (40%)attempts 9–17goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Gourde5:31

    xG 0.52–0.22 (70%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Gourde – Point5:45

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Point5:51

    xG 0.15–0.20 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–2

  4. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli12:29

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sergachev7:19

    xG 0.45–0.13 (77%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sergachev2:40

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Hedman3:39

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 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.

TBL 2.5 xGCOL 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #650 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 66% of the time.

TBL winsCOL wins

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

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