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Sat, Apr 17, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA311111110532
TBL1151719331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:41FLABrandon MontourAssists: Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:31FLAPatric HornqvistPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Nikita Gusev · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:40TBLBrayden PointAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Ondrej Palat · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:52FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Markus Nutivaara, Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:34FLAFrank VatranoGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P2 19:15TBLErik CernakAssists: Blake Coleman, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:53TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Victor Hedman, Brayden Point · Tip-in, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:10FLAAnthony DuclairENAssists: Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.71 xG5–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:57FLABrandon Montour: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:32FLAAleksander Barkov: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:47TBLPatrick Maroon: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:14TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:01TBLTyler Johnson: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
32Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals2.1
51Shot attempts54
23Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits25
14Blocked shots9
2Giveaways4
4Takeaways3

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestGusev – Barkov – Marchment11:57

    xG 0.68–0.37 (64%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett10:33

    xG 0.31–0.14 (68%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  3. Lammikko – Wallmark – Tippett7:43

    xG 0.46–0.59 (44%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

  4. Hornqvist – Wennberg – Vatrano9:15

    xG 0.06–0.49 (11%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Nutivaara2:22

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling2:17

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Montour – Nutivaara13:18

    xG 0.50–0.52 (49%)attempts 14–13goals 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Cirelli – Colton7:30

    xG 0.53–0.07 (88%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Point – Barré-Boulet11:48

    xG 0.59–0.30 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Cirelli4:20

    xG 0.11–0.05 (71%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Joseph – Colton3:18

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Savard12:22

    xG 0.78–0.38 (68%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Sergachev7:55

    xG 0.41–0.09 (83%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak2:33

    xG 0.05–0.01 (81%)attempts 3–1goals 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 2.1 xGFLA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #200 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).