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Sat, Apr 3, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0707112126
TBL2140609229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:07TBLRoss ColtonAssists: Patrick Maroon, Andreas Borgman · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:26TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:00DETAdam ErneAssists: Frans Nielsen, Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:38DETFilip Zadina: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 17:10TBLRyan McDonagh: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:54DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:58DETAdam Erne: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P2 17:53TBLYanni Gourde: High sticking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTBL
26Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.0
44Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won19
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits24
19Blocked shots15
2Giveaways2
5Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Nielsen – Namestnikov2:27

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Namestnikov – Smith4:37

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Erne3:56

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  4. Glendening – Mantha – Rasmussen3:35

    xG 0.07–0.21 (25%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. DeKeyser – Hronek13:43

    xG 0.92–1.13 (45%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  2. Nemeth – Merrill15:47

    xG 0.17–0.43 (28%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Stecher8:51

    xG 0.21–0.62 (26%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestColeman – Goodrow – Gourde9:03

    xG 0.75–0.33 (70%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Joseph – Colton7:14

    xG 0.65–0.39 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Palat – Point12:16

    xG 0.35–0.24 (60%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli11:12

    xG 0.26–0.56 (31%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Sergachev12:21

    xG 0.58–0.16 (78%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Foote12:47

    xG 0.70–0.39 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Borgman3:20

    xG 0.17–0.05 (76%)attempts 4–4goals 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 3.0 xGDET 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #750 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 67% of the time.

TBL winsDET wins

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

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