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Fri, Feb 5, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 73% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11201204128
TBL1141919332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:00DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Filip Zadina, Jon Merrill · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:56TBLPatrick MaroonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:29TBLBarclay GoodrowGWGAssists: Jan Rutta, Brayden Point · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:32TBLBarclay GoodrowENAssists: Blake Coleman, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:50DETPatrik Nemeth: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:29TBLMathieu Joseph: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 7:57TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 10:28DETGivani Smith: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:28DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 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
28Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals3.6
40Shot attempts49
25Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits23
4Blocked shots6
3Giveaways3
0Takeaways0

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Gagner – Namestnikov9:17

    xG 0.41–0.02 (94%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Smith – Zadina7:49

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Erne8:26

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Ryan – Mantha – Fabbri7:49

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDjoos – Hronek14:09

    xG 0.84–0.59 (59%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stecher9:54

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  3. Merrill – Stecher2:44

    xG 0.15–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestColeman – Goodrow – Gourde11:55

    xG 0.61–0.22 (73%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Johnson – Cirelli11:28

    xG 0.11–0.48 (18%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Palat – Point13:07

    xG 0.11–0.62 (15%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Foote7:10

    xG 0.16–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Sergachev5:34

    xG 0.41–0.30 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak13:58

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 13–9goals 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 3.6 xGDET 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #686 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 73% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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