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Tue, Mar 30, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0421116321
TBL07020111138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:49CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Zach Werenski, Jack Roslovic · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:28CBJDavid SavardGWGAssists: Alexandre Texier, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:12TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Luke Schenn, Andreas Borgman · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:29CBJCam AtkinsonENAssists: Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–1
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 2:15CBJVladislav Gavrikov: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTBL
21Shots on goal38
2.0Expected goals2.4
36Shot attempts61
25Faceoffs won29
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
23Hits27
13Blocked shots6
0Giveaways2
0Takeaways4

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDalpe – Robinson – Foudy6:45

    xG 0.22–0.09 (70%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Domi – Stenlund – Laine9:02

    xG 0.07–0.11 (39%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Jenner – Texier15:29

    xG 0.30–0.47 (39%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  4. Atkinson – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic13:41

    xG 0.25–0.78 (25%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kukan – Lehtonen13:26

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski19:56

    xG 0.63–0.82 (43%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Gavrikov18:24

    xG 0.35–1.06 (25%)attempts 8–22goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Point7:08

    xG 0.38–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli14:09

    xG 0.65–0.33 (66%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Joseph – Colton8:14

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Gourde – Point4:33

    xG 0.16–0.03 (86%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta5:15

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Borgman4:48

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Hedman – Foote6:58

    xG 0.43–0.09 (82%)attempts 16–4goals 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 2.4 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #700 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 58% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

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

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