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Tue, Nov 30, 2021·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, St. Louis Blues 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 72% of the time.

STL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL3140907030333
STL013210110001433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:02TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Taylor Raddysh, Victor Hedman · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:24TBLCorey PerryPPAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Alex Killorn · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P1 5:29TBLErik CernakAssists: Taylor Raddysh, Ross Colton · Slap, 0.00 xG3–0
  4. P2 3:15STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:13STLLogan BrownAssists: Oskar Sundqvist, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:11STLIvan BarbashevPPAssists: Scott Perunovich, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Jordan Kyrou stopped
  2. 2. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  3. 3. STL Ryan O'Reilly scored
  4. 4. TBL Corey Perry stopped
  5. 5. STL Vladimir Tarasenko stopped
  6. 6. TBL Ross Colton stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:23STLOskar Sundqvist: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:32TBLPatrick Maroon: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:32TBLOndrej Palat: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:53TBLAlex Killorn: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:53STLNiko Mikkola: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:27TBLErik Cernak: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:58STLScott Perunovich: Interference2 min
  8. OT 0:46STLJordan Kyrou: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bellemare won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLSTL
33Shots on goal33
4.0Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
17Hits15
13Blocked shots14
3Giveaways9
11Takeaways4

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. bestPerry – Maroon – Bellemare12:30

    xG 0.83–0.38 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Katchouk – Raddysh – Colton6:03

    xG 0.08–0.12 (41%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Palat – Cirelli13:33

    xG 0.41–0.75 (35%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta8:55

    xG 0.98–0.37 (73%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  2. Bogosian – Hedman3:18

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Foote2:10

    xG 0.10–0.07 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas10:01

    xG 0.23–0.41 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  2. O'Reilly – Schenn – Kyrou11:53

    xG 0.49–0.78 (38%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

  3. Saad – Sundqvist – Barbashev11:32

    xG 0.35–0.73 (32%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Mikkola3:42

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Parayko2:48

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Faulk – Krug7:51

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

STL 2.6 xGTBL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #213 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 72% of the time.

STL winsTBL wins

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

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

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