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Sat, Feb 29, 2020·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Calgary Flames 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 96% of the time.

TBL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY062916321
TBL11331406433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:52TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:05TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:50TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Cedric Paquette, Zach Bogosian · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:12CGYAndrew MangiapaneSHAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:04CGYElias LindholmAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Johnny Gaudreau · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:57TBLAlex KillornSHGWGAssists: Blake Coleman, Braydon Coburn · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:11CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:09CGYDillon Dube: Holding2 min
  2. P2 5:27CGYSean Monahan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:52TBLMikhail Sergachev: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 19:19CGYTJ Brodie: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 0:00CGYRasmus Andersson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 0:00TBLOndrej Palat: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:49CGYTJ Brodie: Interference2 min
  8. P3 17:04TBLErik Cernak: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTBL
21Shots on goal33
1.3Expected goals5.1
49Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
19Hits24
11Blocked shots17
6Giveaways7
6Takeaways13

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk17:17

    xG 0.37–0.48 (43%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Rieder – Jankowski – Bennett4:33

    xG 0.03–0.34 (8%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Ryan – Dube4:01

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan10:52

    xG 0.24–0.70 (25%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Gustafsson9:14

    xG 0.15–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Hanifin2:27

    xG 0.01–0.04 (22%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie14:52

    xG 0.19–0.76 (20%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Goodrow – Gourde8:10

    xG 1.30–0.07 (95%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Coleman – Cirelli12:46

    xG 0.62–0.20 (76%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Paquette – Stephens7:27

    xG 0.31–0.01 (96%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Kucherov – Point12:27

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Bogosian9:39

    xG 1.04–0.17 (86%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Cernak16:23

    xG 0.78–0.24 (77%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Shattenkirk2:58

    xG 0.34–0.09 (78%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

TBL 5.1 xGCGY 1.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #315 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 96% of the time.

TBL winsCGY wins

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

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