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Sat, Jan 11, 2020·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0811307128
PHI0706010023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:27TBLPatrick MaroonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:48TBLMitchell Stephens: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:58PHIRobert Hagg: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:43PHITravis Konecny: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 5:08TBLPatrick Maroon: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 1:47PHIKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:25TBLKevin Shattenkirk: High sticking2 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 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Raffl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
28Shots on goal23
2.0Expected goals1.6
62Shot attempts48
30Faceoffs won21
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
10Hits26
16Blocked shots23
3Giveaways10
1Takeaways6

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. bestGourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens9:52

    xG 0.54–0.05 (92%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Paquette – Volkov3:24

    xG 0.11–0.09 (54%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Maroon – Paquette4:44

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Cirelli – Volkov6:27

    xG 0.01–0.07 (11%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Sergachev12:31

    xG 0.72–0.36 (67%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Cernak11:05

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Hedman – Rutta15:37

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Voracek – Pitlick – Raffl7:18

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny12:01

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Kase – Farabee3:37

    xG 0.09–0.27 (26%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel8:27

    xG 0.09–0.29 (23%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Niskanen – Provorov13:01

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  2. Sanheim – Myers13:14

    xG 0.30–0.56 (35%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Friedman11:22

    xG 0.14–0.53 (21%)attempts 10–17goals 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.

PHI 1.6 xGTBL 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #989 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 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 59% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

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