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Sun, Mar 8, 2020·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Detroit Red Wings 5 (SO)

Expected result

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

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL07212215031437
DET191729032528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:11DETRobby FabbriAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:11TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:57TBLCarter VerhaegheUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:45DETDylan LarkinAssists: Anthony Mantha, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:41DETAnthony ManthaPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:24DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Anthony Mantha, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:55TBLBrayden PointAssists: Yanni Gourde · Snap, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:19TBLPatrick MaroonAssists: Luke Schenn, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.37 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Mikhail Sergachev scored
  2. 2. DET Sam Gagner stopped
  3. 3. TBL Brayden Point stopped
  4. 4. DET Dylan Larkin scored
  5. 5. TBL Nikita Kucherov stopped
  6. 6. DET Robby Fabbri scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:05TBLMikhail Sergachev: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:17DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:25DETRobby Fabbri: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 0:49TBLAnthony Cirelli: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:56TBLNikita Kucherov: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 12:44DETMadison Bowey: 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paquette won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
37Shots on goal28
4.0Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits21
12Blocked shots16
3Giveaways21
6Takeaways7

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. bestMaroon – Gourde – Paquette10:11

    xG 0.58–0.16 (78%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Kucherov – Cirelli9:44

    xG 0.75–0.35 (68%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Palat – Point6:53

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Kucherov – Point4:07

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – McDonagh2:24

    xG 0.34–0.05 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Sergachev16:22

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Schenn11:11

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Helm – Gagner6:00

    xG 0.37–0.13 (75%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin12:32

    xG 0.49–0.26 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Fabbri5:47

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  4. Filppula – Gagner – Fabbri2:29

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Hronek2:08

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Hronek – Lindstrom2:52

    xG 0.10–0.01 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Lindstrom3:45

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

DET 3.5 xGTBL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #50 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.62 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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