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Tue, Dec 10, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 80% of the time.

FLA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL114118016248
FLA0130916128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:42TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:51TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Erik Cernak · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:00FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Mike Hoffman · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:08TBLMathieu Joseph: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:18TBLKevin Shattenkirk: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:42TBLOndrej Palat: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 13:39FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:39FLAKeith Yandle: 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 Paquette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLFLA
48Shots on goal28
5.7Expected goals3.5
80Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
24Hits19
24Blocked shots17
13Giveaways23
4Takeaways17

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. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point10:59

    xG 0.98–0.02 (98%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Verhaeghe – Joseph – Stephens5:42

    xG 0.80–0.21 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli10:40

    xG 0.83–0.45 (65%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  4. Maroon – Gourde – Paquette10:41

    xG 0.67–0.35 (66%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta10:17

    xG 1.63–0.17 (91%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Sergachev – Rutta2:22

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak13:17

    xG 0.83–0.42 (67%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVatrano – Acciari – Saarela7:59

    xG 0.56–0.35 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov10:51

    xG 0.24–0.85 (22%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Connolly – Trocheck13:07

    xG 0.53–1.20 (31%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Sceviour – Toninato5:44

    xG 0.00–0.68 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad12:21

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Weegar2:55

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad3:12

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

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.

FLA 3.5 xGTBL 5.7 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #971 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 80% of the time.

FLA winsTBL wins

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

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