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Sun, Nov 28, 2021·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Minnesota Wild 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 94% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL11211008230
MIN21301628437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:03MINNick BjugstadAssists: Nico Sturm, Cam Talbot · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:51TBLCorey PerryAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:28MINVictor RaskAssists: Kevin Fiala, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:24TBLAlex KillornAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:15MINRyan HartmanGWGAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Rem Pitlick · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:43MINMarcus FolignoENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.63 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:22MINKevin Fiala: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 6:53TBLZach Bogosian: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:53TBLZach Bogosian: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 14:04TBLZach Bogosian: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 19:38MINMathew Dumba: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 13:33MINBrandon Duhaime: Tripping2 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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Colton won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMIN
30Shots on goal37
1.8Expected goals5.4
55Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits27
9Blocked shots15
5Giveaways8
2Takeaways7

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. bestKillorn – Joseph – Cirelli4:02

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–2

  2. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare10:04

    xG 0.37–0.23 (62%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Katchouk – Raddysh – Colton9:18

    xG 0.19–0.43 (31%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  4. Stamkos – Palat – Barré-Boulet7:31

    xG 0.03–0.34 (8%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Foote11:04

    xG 0.81–0.11 (88%)attempts 17–5goals 2–0

  2. Hedman – Rutta10:49

    xG 0.28–0.77 (27%)attempts 9–15goals 0–2

  3. McDonagh – Bogosian16:30

    xG 0.12–0.63 (16%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestRask – Gaudreau – Fiala9:16

    xG 0.44–0.06 (89%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek8:39

    xG 0.30–0.12 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Hartman – Kaprizov – Pitlick11:17

    xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  4. Bjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm8:35

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Merrill12:09

    xG 0.61–0.35 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  2. Benn – Kulikov14:52

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba14:13

    xG 0.61–0.55 (53%)attempts 15–14goals 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.

MIN 5.4 xGTBL 1.8 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #625 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 94% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
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+4
+5
+6
+7

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