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Sun, Dec 29, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 84% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET091506120
TBL013114112239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:10TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:54DETRobby FabbriAssists: Filip Hronek, Andreas Athanasiou · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:33TBLBrayden PointPPGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:54TBLPatrick Maroon: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 12:56DETMike Green: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:02DETBrendan Perlini: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:58DETTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:32TBLMikhail Sergachev: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:51DETAdam Erne: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
20Shots on goal39
1.1Expected goals3.1
30Shot attempts69
25Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
22Hits19
22Blocked shots6
6Giveaways12
0Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – Fabbri – Zadina4:04

    xG 0.22–0.08 (74%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Fabbri – Zadina3:33

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Abdelkader – Perlini – Ehn4:49

    xG 0.03–0.07 (27%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin12:23

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Hronek2:20

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Hronek13:53

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Green2:09

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point14:03

    xG 0.67–0.25 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli12:20

    xG 0.41–0.18 (70%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Gourde – Joseph7:23

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Paquette – Stephens8:14

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Sergachev14:07

    xG 0.65–0.10 (87%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sergachev2:17

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Cernak12:56

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 13–4goals 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.

TBL 3.1 xGDET 1.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #740 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 84% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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