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Tue, Feb 11, 2020·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL0171100912238
PIT1801101601136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:31PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:59TBLMikhail SergachevPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Patrick Maroon · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:45TBLYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Brayden Point, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:49PITJared McCann: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 10:51TBLYanni Gourde: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:45TBLBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:19PITZachary Aston-Reese: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:48TBLLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:48PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:41PITBrandon Tanev: Holding2 min
  8. P2 17:00PITKris Letang: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 0:44TBLMikhail Sergachev: Interference2 min
  10. P3 15:23TBLKevin Shattenkirk: Slashing2 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 SOG0PIT
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPIT
38Shots on goal36
3.9Expected goals3.8
60Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
19Hits25
15Blocked shots12
8Giveaways10
7Takeaways6

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. bestKillorn – Johnson – Cirelli4:20

    xG 0.54–0.06 (90%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Point6:25

    xG 0.92–0.79 (54%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens6:19

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Paquette – Joseph6:47

    xG 0.01–0.10 (12%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Cernak11:40

    xG 0.54–0.21 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Cernak – Sergachev2:44

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Sergachev10:31

    xG 0.44–0.48 (48%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Rust – McCann12:33

    xG 1.22–0.54 (69%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Crosby – Zucker – Simon4:37

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Hornqvist – Zucker6:18

    xG 0.27–0.31 (47%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese9:37

    xG 0.16–0.90 (15%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Letang – Riikola2:40

    xG 0.10–0.09 (52%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Letang13:05

    xG 1.12–1.17 (49%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Ruhwedel – Riikola6:05

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 3–5goals 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.

PIT 3.8 xGTBL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #725 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

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

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

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