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Thu, Feb 27, 2020·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01106510527
TBL010117111238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:31TBLBrayden PointAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:17TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Brayden Point · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:36CHIBrandon SaadSHAssists: Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:02CHIDominik KubalikSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:56CHISlater KoekkoekSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:43CHIDominik KubalikSHAssists: Duncan Keith, Alex DeBrincat · Slap, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:29CHIDominik KubalikENAssists: Brandon Saad · Snap, 0.63 xG5–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 4:25CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:54TBLYanni Gourde: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:20CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:15TBLBarclay Goodrow: Holding2 min
  5. P1 15:27CHIBrandon Saad: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 19:24TBLAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 5:20TBLCarter Verhaeghe: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 10:38CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 2:28TBLLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  10. P3 5:57CHISlater Koekkoek: Interference2 min
  11. P3 10:35TBLNikita Kucherov: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 19:28CHIDrake Caggiula: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 19:28TBLBarclay Goodrow: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 19:28TBLCedric Paquette: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 19:28TBLZach Bogosian: Misconduct10 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
27Shots on goal38
2.3Expected goals2.2
44Shot attempts63
32Faceoffs won25
6Power plays5
12Penalty minutes34
12Hits18
12Blocked shots13
3Giveaways5
5Takeaways10

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Kane – Strome – Nylander8:07

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  2. DeBrincat – Caggiula – Dach6:18

    xG 0.04–0.06 (39%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Carpenter – Highmore – Kampf6:27

    xG 0.01–0.07 (9%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Saad – Kubalik7:18

    xG 0.10–0.60 (14%)attempts 3–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy5:21

    xG 0.45–0.27 (63%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Boqvist7:00

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Murphy – Carlsson7:32

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Johnson – Cirelli8:55

    xG 0.52–0.17 (75%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Point8:41

    xG 0.30–0.05 (87%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  3. Goodrow – Gourde – Paquette7:24

    xG 0.06–0.26 (20%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Sergachev9:35

    xG 0.48–0.04 (93%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Bogosian8:53

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Hedman4:18

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

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 2.2 xGCHI 2.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #307 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

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-1
0
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+7

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