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Sun, Mar 21, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 65% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA11111219332
TBL1101638524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:28FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Aleksander Barkov · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:00TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:23TBLAlex KillornAssists: Erik Cernak, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:24FLAGustav ForslingPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Frank Vatrano · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:22TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Ross Colton, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:25FLAPatric HornqvistPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Aleksander Barkov · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:56TBLTyler JohnsonPPGWGAssists: Yanni Gourde, Anthony Cirelli · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:45TBLBrayden PointENAssists: Ondrej Palat, Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 7:34TBLBarclay Goodrow: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 15:22FLAPatric Hornqvist: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:17FLAAaron Ekblad: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:42FLARyan Lomberg: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:38TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:28TBLBlake Coleman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:25TBLBarclay Goodrow: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:02FLAAaron Ekblad: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:29FLAKeith Yandle: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:39FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 13:39FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 13:39TBLOndrej Palat: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 13:39TBLOndrej Palat: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 15:33TBLRoss Colton: Roughing2 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 20:00Colton won the faceoff against Acciari
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
32Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts46
23Faceoffs won35
5Power plays5
14Penalty minutes14
20Hits22
13Blocked shots10
1Giveaways0
0Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg8:16

    xG 0.62–0.30 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Verhaeghe – Barkov – Marchment3:54

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Acciari – Marchment – Lomberg4:06

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov5:36

    xG 0.17–0.34 (34%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Weegar – Ekblad13:41

    xG 0.70–0.71 (50%)attempts 10–11goals 1–2

  2. Stralman – Weegar2:22

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Forsling2:14

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Point9:28

    xG 0.40–0.25 (62%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Joseph – Colton6:43

    xG 0.41–0.28 (60%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Palat – Cirelli8:10

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Coleman – Goodrow – Gourde7:07

    xG 0.35–0.45 (44%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Cernak3:30

    xG 0.50–0.02 (97%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak4:35

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Sergachev – Rutta7:08

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 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 3.8 xGFLA 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 87/100 · #110 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.19 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 65% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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