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Mon, Feb 15, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1104714621
TBL16314011431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:24TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Erik Cernak, Ondrej Palat · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:56FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Patric Hornqvist, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:59FLAOwen TippettAssists: Eetu Luostarinen · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:39FLAFrank VatranoUnassisted · Snap, 0.32 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:23FLAAnthony DuclairAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Carter Verhaeghe · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P2 11:42TBLAlexander VolkovAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P2 12:36FLAAleksander BarkovGWGAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–2
  8. P2 15:50TBLAlexander VolkovAssists: Patrick Maroon, Gemel Smith · Snap, 0.19 xG5–3
  9. P2 16:38TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.14 xG5–4
  10. P3 0:59FLAAnton StralmanAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.04 xG6–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:54TBLTyler Johnson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:48FLAKeith Yandle: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:47TBLErik Cernak: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:25FLAAaron Ekblad: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:39TBLLuke Schenn: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 18:14FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 4:04FLACarter Verhaeghe: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 4:04TBLGemel Smith: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 13:03TBLYanni Gourde: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 13:03FLARadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 13:17TBLGemel Smith: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 16:45FLAKeith Yandle: Slashing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
21Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals2.8
36Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
18Penalty minutes16
15Hits26
9Blocked shots7
0Giveaways1
0Takeaways2

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg9:40

    xG 0.24–0.16 (60%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov11:10

    xG 0.35–0.40 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  3. Connolly – Lammikko – Lomberg8:30

    xG 0.09–0.33 (22%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  4. Vatrano – Tippett – Luostarinen8:17

    xG 0.03–0.47 (6%)attempts 2–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Juulsen4:07

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Stralman3:06

    xG 0.09–0.19 (31%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  3. Stralman – Weegar4:25

    xG 0.23–0.43 (35%)attempts 3–9goals 2–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Johnson – Joseph9:13

    xG 0.96–0.21 (82%)attempts 14–4goals 1–1

  2. Maroon – Smith – Volkov8:32

    xG 0.36–0.07 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  3. Stamkos – Palat – Point13:41

    xG 0.40–0.13 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  4. Coleman – Goodrow – Gourde10:25

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta10:36

    xG 0.69–0.22 (76%)attempts 14–3goals 0–2

  2. Schenn – Sergachev6:44

    xG 0.22–0.03 (89%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Hedman2:33

    xG 0.16–0.03 (84%)attempts 2–3goals 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 2.8 xGFLA 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #118 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 61% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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