Sun, May 2, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Detroit Red Wings 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 84% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBL | 119 | 117 | 06 | 242 |
| DET | 06 | 19 | 08 | 123 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 0:16TBLBlake ColemanAssists: Barclay Goodrow · Snap, 0.34 xG1–0
- P2 1:09TBLMikhail SergachevGWGAssists: Yanni Gourde, Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
- P2 13:37DETFilip ZadinaAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Adam Erne · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
- P2 3:42TBLLuke Schenn: Holding2 min
- P2 9:07DETJoseph Veleno: Hooking2 min
- P3 8:51DETDennis Cholowski: Holding the stick2 min
- P3 12:16TBLTyler Johnson: Interference2 min
- P3 14:06TBLAlex Killorn: Interference2 min
- P3 14:06TBLBarclay Goodrow: Delaying game face off violation2 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 Rasmussen
- 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
- bestColeman – Goodrow – Gourde11:15
xG 1.25–0.09 (93%)attempts 19–5goals 2–0
- Maroon – Joseph – Colton8:05
xG 0.87–0.11 (88%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1
- Killorn – Johnson – Cirelli10:08
xG 0.73–0.44 (62%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0
- Palat – Point – Barré-Boulet10:29
xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSchenn – Sergachev8:07
xG 1.36–0.21 (87%)attempts 20–3goals 2–1
- McDonagh – Savard12:38
xG 1.26–0.17 (88%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0
- McDonagh – Sergachev2:06
xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
Detroit Red Wings
Forward lines
- Helm – Panik – Glendening6:25
xG 0.28–0.40 (41%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0
- Filppula – Panik – Rasmussen4:05
xG 0.02–0.16 (12%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0
- Filppula – Panik – Veleno2:34
xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0
- Namestnikov – Erne – Zadina10:15
xG 0.39–0.77 (34%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- DeKeyser – Stecher2:47
xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0
- Staal – Stecher8:13
xG 0.28–0.47 (38%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1
- Biega – Cholowski4:01
xG 0.03–0.29 (10%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0
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.
DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET 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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 84% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (DET − TBL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).