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Sun, Dec 5, 2021·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 7, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 64% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL293929727
PHI014010115139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:24TBLRyan McDonaghAssists: Steven Stamkos, Mathieu Joseph · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:24TBLCorey PerryGWGAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:56TBLTaylor RaddyshAssists: Victor Hedman, Ross Colton · Slap, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:47TBLBoris KatchoukAssists: Ross Colton, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.23 xG4–0
  5. P2 8:34TBLMathieu JosephSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–0
  6. P3 5:29TBLPatrick MaroonAssists: Corey Perry, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.22 xG6–0
  7. P3 7:04PHICam AtkinsonPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.16 xG6–1
  8. P3 14:15TBLCorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Ross Colton · Tip-in, 0.22 xG7–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 7:12TBLZach Bogosian: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:55PHIOskar Lindblom: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:31TBLJan Rutta: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:38PHITravis Sanheim: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 6:38TBLCal Foote: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:38PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:38TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:38TBLCal Foote: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:30PHINick Seeler: Holding2 min · PPG

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 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
27Shots on goal39
2.9Expected goals2.1
45Shot attempts69
28Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
12Hits21
20Blocked shots10
6Giveaways4
5Takeaways5

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 – Cirelli – Fortier7:37

    xG 0.61–0.16 (79%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Joseph11:22

    xG 0.52–0.08 (86%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare10:56

    xG 0.54–0.25 (69%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  4. Katchouk – Raddysh – Colton8:39

    xG 0.77–0.55 (58%)attempts 9–18goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta13:40

    xG 0.75–0.20 (79%)attempts 14–10goals 3–0

  2. McDonagh – Rutta2:10

    xG 0.24–0.02 (94%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Bogosian14:16

    xG 0.65–0.63 (51%)attempts 8–20goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Konecny – Frost6:47

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Couturier – Frost4:31

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Lindblom – Bunnaman9:37

    xG 0.37–0.38 (49%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  4. Giroux – Hayes – Konecny3:38

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Sanheim10:15

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Provorov2:13

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Sanheim3:56

    xG 0.08–0.01 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

PHI 2.1 xGTBL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1165 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 64% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

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