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Thu, Nov 18, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 55% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL01321313032432
PHI2509112040330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:21PHITravis KonecnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:51TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:52TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Alex Killorn, Zach Bogosian · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:04TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:51PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  2. 2. TBL Steven Stamkos scored
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. TBL Brayden Point scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:14PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:29PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:05PHIDerick Brassard: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 19:47TBLMathieu Joseph: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 4:41TBLPatrick Maroon: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
32Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.5
67Shot attempts61
27Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits20
20Blocked shots20
12Giveaways9
12Takeaways8

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Point – Cirelli14:03

    xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  2. Katchouk – Raddysh – Colton8:37

    xG 0.45–0.06 (88%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare8:40

    xG 0.27–0.00 (99%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Joseph9:13

    xG 0.26–0.92 (22%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Bogosian12:33

    xG 0.86–0.14 (86%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. McDonagh – Rutta2:21

    xG 0.26–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Sergachev – Foote8:11

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee11:40

    xG 0.68–0.44 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Brassard – Atkinson9:42

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Thompson – Willman – MacEwen7:45

    xG 0.05–0.25 (17%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Lindblom – Konecny11:53

    xG 0.14–0.88 (14%)attempts 5–21goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov14:11

    xG 0.85–0.68 (56%)attempts 18–16goals 0–2

  2. Braun – Sanheim2:53

    xG 0.15–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim16:59

    xG 0.21–0.54 (28%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

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.

PHI 2.5 xGTBL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #94 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.54 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 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 55% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

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