Skip to content
Ice Lab

Wed, Jan 13, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 76% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI080817123
TBL31311317533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:39TBLOndrej PalatPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:18TBLMathieu JosephGWGAssists: Alex Killorn, Anthony Cirelli · Tip-in, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:57TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Erik Cernak, Alex Killorn · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:56TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Brayden Point, Victor Hedman · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:45TBLBrayden PointAssists: Steven Stamkos, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–5
  6. P3 16:36CHIDylan StromePPAssists: Andrew Shaw, Adam Boqvist · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:27TBLJan Rutta: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:08CHICalvin de Haan: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:12TBLOndrej Palat: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:01CHIAdam Boqvist: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:17CHIDuncan Keith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:40CHIDuncan Keith: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 14:52TBLBarclay Goodrow: Holding2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% 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
23Shots on goal33
1.5Expected goals3.0
41Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits16
7Blocked shots12
1Giveaways1
4Takeaways4

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. Shaw – Janmark – Wallmark10:15

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  2. Carpenter – Highmore – Kampf8:20

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat12:19

    xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Pirri – Kubalik – Suter9:35

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 6–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Zadorov2:41

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Zadorov – Boqvist9:10

    xG 0.08–0.12 (40%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  3. de Haan – Mitchell13:24

    xG 0.49–0.76 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Joseph – Cirelli7:56

    xG 0.70–0.12 (85%)attempts 9–2goals 2–0

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Point10:50

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Coleman – Goodrow – Gourde13:21

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Stephens – Volkov11:30

    xG 0.06–0.39 (12%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Rutta3:15

    xG 0.42–0.05 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Foote5:51

    xG 0.60–0.34 (64%)attempts 6–4goals 2–0

  3. McDonagh – Hedman2:38

    xG 0.20–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

TBL 3.0 xGCHI 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #737 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 76% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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