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Tue, Mar 9, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL213061911429
DET162120401323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:04DETAdam ErnePPAssists: Filip Zadina, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:29TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Victor Hedman · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:04TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Blake Coleman, Erik Cernak · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:58DETPatrik NemethAssists: Sam Gagner, Vladislav Namestnikov · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:04DETDylan LarkinAssists: Robby Fabbri, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:40TBLErik CernakAssists: Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:17TBLBlake ColemanGWGAssists: Tyler Johnson, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.17 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:15TBLSteven Stamkos: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:32DETChristian Djoos: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 11:21DETMarc Staal: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:42DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:31TBLErik Cernak: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:31DETAnthony Mantha: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:00TBLAnthony Cirelli: Hooking2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackDET 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.

TBLDET
29Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals1.8
49Shot attempts42
29Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
16Hits16
12Blocked shots7
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways4

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Gourde11:59

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Coleman – Goodrow10:48

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Joseph – Barré-Boulet8:51

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Palat – Point – Cirelli13:00

    xG 0.28–0.35 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak15:54

    xG 0.52–0.32 (62%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  2. Hedman – Sergachev3:26

    xG 0.18–0.04 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Sergachev2:23

    xG 0.00–0.01 (29%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Namestnikov – Zadina3:18

    xG 0.29–0.01 (95%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Glendening – Erne8:35

    xG 0.22–0.12 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Rasmussen – Brome5:35

    xG 0.12–0.08 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri10:08

    xG 0.18–0.18 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Hronek17:21

    xG 0.42–0.37 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 1–2

  2. Nemeth – Djoos13:02

    xG 0.49–0.52 (49%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Merrill15:01

    xG 0.21–0.58 (27%)attempts 7–16goals 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.

DET 1.8 xGTBL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #194 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 66% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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