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Wed, Feb 3, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 72% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET071702116
TBL3921008527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:57TBLAnthony CirelliGWGAssists: Luke Schenn, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 4:54TBLRyan McDonaghAssists: Blake Coleman, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:25TBLBrayden PointAssists: Steven Stamkos, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 9:49DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Christian Djoos · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P2 11:32TBLAlex KillornAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Blake Coleman · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:22DETAnthony Mantha: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 2:47TBLOndrej Palat: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:08TBLBlake Coleman: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 0:00DETSam Gagner: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 4:09TBLPatrick Maroon: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:09DETValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:15TBLLuke Schenn: Holding2 min
  8. P3 2:52DETAnthony Mantha: Interference2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
16Shots on goal27
1.2Expected goals2.3
37Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits18
12Blocked shots10
1Giveaways4
0Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Glendening – Erne7:54

    xG 0.36–0.02 (94%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Mantha – Hirose8:23

    xG 0.15–0.22 (39%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Nielsen – Gagner7:56

    xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Larkin – Fabbri9:46

    xG 0.20–0.53 (28%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Stecher11:55

    xG 0.38–0.56 (40%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  2. Merrill – Djoos12:43

    xG 0.24–0.45 (35%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  3. Nemeth – Hronek12:53

    xG 0.23–0.60 (28%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestColeman – Goodrow – Joseph2:30

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Gourde – Joseph2:32

    xG 0.18–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Palat – Point9:05

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  4. Coleman – Goodrow – Gourde7:36

    xG 0.23–0.10 (68%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak10:50

    xG 0.48–0.14 (78%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Foote7:16

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 6–10goals 2–0

  3. Hedman – Rutta7:10

    xG 0.26–0.13 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 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 2.3 xGDET 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #729 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 72% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).