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Wed, Oct 30, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Tampa Bay Lightning 7, New Jersey Devils 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 85% of the time.

NJD winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL29173512723
NJD11131521600642

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.53 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:28TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:15TBLAlex KillornSHAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:05NJDJesper BrattSHAssists: Pavel Zacha, Nico Hischier · Snap, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:48TBLBrayden PointSHAssists: Tyler Johnson, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:17NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Will Butcher, Taylor Hall · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P2 13:16NJDJesper BrattAssists: Andy Greene, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 1:13NJDSami VatanenAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Andy Greene · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 2:45TBLAnthony CirelliSHAssists: Jan Rutta, Mathieu Joseph · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–5
  10. P3 7:45TBLMathieu JosephPPAssists: Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–5
  11. P3 16:03TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.03 xG6–5
  12. P3 19:52NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Will Butcher · Backhand, 0.09 xG6–6
  13. OT 1:16TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Ondrej Palat, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.10 xG7–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:33TBLKevin Shattenkirk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:16TBLJan Rutta: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 15:28NJDNico Hischier: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:12TBLRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:05TBLMathieu Joseph: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 13:37TBLMikhail Sergachev: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNJD
23Shots on goal42
2.6Expected goals5.1
44Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won32
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
16Hits19
10Blocked shots12
2Giveaways7
7Takeaways7

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. bestKillorn – Joseph – Cirelli7:51

    xG 1.02–0.49 (67%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Volkov10:18

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

  3. Johnson – Palat – Point11:00

    xG 0.37–0.87 (30%)attempts 7–12goals 3–0

  4. Gourde – Paquette – Verhaeghe8:53

    xG 0.34–1.15 (23%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Sergachev13:34

    xG 1.40–0.37 (79%)attempts 14–8goals 3–1

  2. McDonagh – Rutta4:43

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – McDonagh3:14

    xG 0.06–0.06 (52%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hughes11:15

    xG 1.42–0.32 (81%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Zacha – Bratt – Hischier10:10

    xG 1.14–1.02 (53%)attempts 15–6goals 1–3

  3. Hayden – Wood – Rooney7:47

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Zajac – Simmonds – Coleman9:47

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Vatanen14:32

    xG 1.74–0.55 (76%)attempts 15–16goals 2–0

  2. Subban – Vatanen2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Tennyson – Butcher11:30

    xG 0.29–0.43 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

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.

NJD 5.1 xGTBL 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 100/100 · #5 of 1082 this seasonSwing 4.03 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 85% of the time.

NJD winsTBL wins

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

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

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