Sat, Feb 20, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh
Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Carolina Hurricanes 4
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 68% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBL | 06 | 013 | 05 | 024 |
| CAR | 09 | 29 | 210 | 428 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 2:19CARVincent TrocheckGWGAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Martin Necas · Deflected, 0.06 xG0–1
- P2 15:30CARSebastian AhoAssists: Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
- P3 3:12CARCedric PaquetteAssists: Jake Bean, Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
- P3 17:41CARAndrei SvechnikovENAssists: Sebastian Aho, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.65 xG0–4
Penalties (3)
- P1 0:28TBLErik Cernak: Tripping2 min
- P2 5:44CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min
- P3 13:38TBLTyler Johnson: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Staal
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Forward lines
- bestStamkos – Palat – Point10:49
xG 0.93–0.42 (69%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1
- Coleman – Goodrow – Gourde9:53
xG 0.50–0.06 (90%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0
- Maroon – Smith – Volkov8:57
xG 0.51–0.36 (59%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1
- Killorn – Johnson – Joseph9:34
xG 0.70–0.61 (53%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMcDonagh – Cernak13:08
xG 1.18–0.49 (71%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1
- McDonagh – Rutta2:07
xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Hedman – Sergachev7:18
xG 0.43–0.36 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0
Carolina Hurricanes
Forward lines
- bestMcGinn – Aho – Svechnikov10:22
xG 0.62–0.31 (66%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0
- Martinook – Paquette – Lorentz8:20
xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0
- Staal – Fast – Foegele10:45
xG 0.34–0.48 (41%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0
- Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas12:57
xG 0.84–0.99 (46%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestSkjei – Pesce17:09
xG 0.90–0.63 (59%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0
- Hamilton – Slavin17:54
xG 0.91–0.81 (53%)attempts 21–16goals 1–0
- Fleury – Bean10:36
xG 0.40–1.19 (25%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.
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 68% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CAR − TBL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).