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Thu, Feb 10, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 68% of the time.

COL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL110112016238
COL224112011347

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:43COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:16COLDevon ToewsAssists: Nazem Kadri, Erik Johnson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:45TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Brayden Point, Jan Rutta · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:56COLValeri NichushkinGWGAssists: Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:54TBLBrayden PointAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:17TBLOndrej Palat: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 6:04COLAlex Newhook: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:43TBLAlex Killorn: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:22TBLJan Rutta: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 0:40COLNazem Kadri: Interference2 min
  6. P2 6:36COLNazem Kadri: Holding2 min
  7. P3 9:18COLJack Johnson: Interference2 min
  8. P3 9:18TBLAnthony Cirelli: Holding2 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 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Compher won the faceoff against Bellemare
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCOL
38Shots on goal47
4.0Expected goals2.8
67Shot attempts77
33Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits23
22Blocked shots21
1Giveaways2
2Takeaways12

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 – Kucherov – Point11:43

    xG 1.03–0.61 (63%)attempts 15–18goals 2–0

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli4:57

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare7:40

    xG 0.06–0.04 (63%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Joseph5:29

    xG 0.11–0.20 (36%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev2:26

    xG 0.14–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Raddysh – Sergachev3:09

    xG 0.09–0.02 (79%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Rutta11:34

    xG 0.53–0.48 (52%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – Nichushkin – Rantanen12:21

    xG 0.78–0.37 (68%)attempts 24–6goals 1–0

  2. Helm – Aube-Kubel – Jost4:37

    xG 0.23–0.07 (76%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Burakovsky – O'Connor3:33

    xG 0.04–0.08 (34%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Compher – Sikura – O'Connor4:46

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar11:46

    xG 0.96–0.39 (71%)attempts 27–7goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Girard7:39

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Girard – Makar4:21

    xG 0.10–0.07 (60%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

COL 2.8 xGTBL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #912 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 68% of the time.

COL winsTBL wins

Simulated goal difference (COL − 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).