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Mon, Dec 23, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 60% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA09111010130
TBL31627111634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:41TBLBrayden PointAssists: Erik Cernak, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:06TBLVictor HedmanGWGAssists: Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:03TBLMikhail SergachevPPAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:47FLAJonathan HuberdeauPPAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Vincent Trocheck · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:53TBLAlex KillornPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–4
  6. P2 9:52TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:05TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.05 xG1–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:46FLAMike Hoffman: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:32FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:47TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:25TBLPatrick Maroon: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:43FLAAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:50TBLPatrick Maroon: Abuse of officials2 min
  7. P2 9:32FLAColton Sceviour: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:33TBLBrayden Point: Holding the stick2 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
30Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals2.9
45Shot attempts60
33Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits18
15Blocked shots9
11Giveaways12
6Takeaways4

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. bestBoyle – Dadonov – Vatrano3:58

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Connolly – Barkov – Vatrano4:36

    xG 0.15–0.11 (57%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Huberdeau – Acciari12:19

    xG 0.40–0.43 (48%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Dadonov – Hoffman2:42

    xG 0.03–0.13 (18%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Weegar2:44

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Brown7:55

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Brown6:11

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point10:31

    xG 0.57–0.02 (97%)attempts 13–2goals 3–0

  2. Maroon – Gourde – Paquette9:21

    xG 0.38–0.13 (75%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Verhaeghe – Joseph – Stephens8:32

    xG 0.26–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli12:40

    xG 0.36–0.86 (30%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Sergachev15:59

    xG 0.82–0.35 (70%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak12:17

    xG 0.42–0.04 (91%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Hedman – Rutta12:57

    xG 0.62–0.64 (49%)attempts 16–14goals 2–0

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 2.9 xGFLA 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #859 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 60% 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).