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Thu, Feb 25, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 74% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11301207132
TBL061828322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:23CARBrett PesceAssists: Jesper Fast, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:39TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:22TBLYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:44TBLBarclay GoodrowENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.63 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:44CARDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:31CARBrett Pesce: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 15:07TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:20CARJordan Staal: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 2:36TBLPatrick Maroon: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:59TBLJan Rutta: Holding2 min
  7. P2 9:16CARMartin Necas: Holding2 min
  8. P2 16:46TBLOndrej Palat: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P2 19:28CARSteven Lorentz: Interference2 min
  10. P3 7:48CARJordan Martinook: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 7:48TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 7:48TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTBL
32Shots on goal22
3.4Expected goals2.1
60Shot attempts36
36Faceoffs won29
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
12Hits17
7Blocked shots15
0Giveaways1
2Takeaways1

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Aho – Svechnikov8:19

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 8–2goals 1–1

  2. Martinook – Paquette – Lorentz7:19

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Staal – McGinn – Foegele7:10

    xG 0.48–0.37 (57%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas7:48

    xG 0.25–0.20 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce11:07

    xG 0.83–0.45 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Fleury – Bean4:17

    xG 0.35–0.02 (96%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Slavin9:41

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Goodrow – Gourde – Joseph8:08

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Coleman – Point7:28

    xG 0.10–0.18 (36%)attempts 2–5goals 1–1

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Johnson9:23

    xG 0.24–0.51 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Smith – Volkov7:52

    xG 0.07–0.64 (10%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sergachev – Foote6:14

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Rutta5:28

    xG 0.27–0.26 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak4:05

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

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 2.1 xGCAR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #414 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 74% of the time.

TBL winsCAR wins

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

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