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Mon, Feb 17, 2020·Pepsi Center, Denver

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

COL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL010380712427
COL110151903327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:49COLAndre BurakovskyAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:54TBLAlex KillornAssists: Ondrej Palat, Anthony Cirelli · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:10TBLCameron GaunceUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:43TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Brayden Point, Kevin Shattenkirk · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:26COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:43COLValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:03TBLNikita KucherovGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:28TBLYanni Gourde: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:01COLRyan Graves: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 7:18TBLErik Cernak: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 8:51COLJ.T. Compher: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 8:51COLNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 8:51TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:51TBLMikhail Sergachev: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:29TBLCameron Gaunce: Holding2 min
  9. P3 14:30TBLAnthony Cirelli: Cross checking2 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 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Compher won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCOL
27Shots on goal27
2.9Expected goals3.7
54Shot attempts62
22Faceoffs won35
1Power plays4
12Penalty minutes6
33Hits17
19Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
10Takeaways13

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Point14:12

    xG 0.91–0.37 (71%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Palat – Cirelli10:46

    xG 0.90–0.58 (61%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  3. Gourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens6:46

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  4. Maroon – Johnson – Paquette9:23

    xG 0.03–0.64 (4%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Cernak15:46

    xG 1.43–0.36 (80%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Sergachev14:58

    xG 0.72–0.78 (48%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Gaunce9:01

    xG 0.37–0.45 (46%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestBurakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen6:38

    xG 0.93–0.45 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Nieto – Nichushkin – Bellemare4:18

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Landeskog – Burakovsky – MacKinnon7:26

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Donskoi – Landeskog – Compher5:58

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirard – Makar2:31

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Zadorov2:49

    xG 0.23–0.01 (96%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Cole – Zadorov6:59

    xG 0.14–0.26 (36%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

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.

COL 3.7 xGTBL 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #132 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

COL winsTBL wins

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

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