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Thu, Jan 6, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Calgary Flames 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0805114127
TBL01411336433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:21TBLCorey PerryAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:52TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:10TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:24TBLAlex KillornAssists: Steven Stamkos, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 15:54CGYDillon DubeAssists: Sean Monahan, Oliver Kylington · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 10:08TBLMathieu Joseph: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:08CGYNoah Hanifin: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:08TBLMathieu Joseph: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:56CGYBrad Richardson: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P2 14:41CGYBrad Richardson: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 14:41CGYBrad Richardson: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  7. P2 14:41TBLBoris Katchouk: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 14:41TBLBoris Katchouk: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 7:14TBLTaylor Raddysh: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 10:24TBLErik Cernak: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 10:24CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 10:24TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 15:59TBLPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 15:59CGYErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 18:41CGYRasmus Andersson: High sticking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bellemare won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTBL
27Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals3.6
48Shot attempts65
22Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
31Penalty minutes25
43Hits34
11Blocked shots12
0Giveaways0
5Takeaways11

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Backlund – Coleman – Ritchie6:53

    xG 0.28–0.31 (48%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  2. Monahan – Mangiapane – Dube6:10

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Richardson – Lewis – Lucic2:40

    xG 0.00–0.47 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk10:12

    xG 0.22–0.72 (23%)attempts 5–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Zadorov10:26

    xG 0.55–0.43 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Andersson – Kylington2:11

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Zadorov2:50

    xG 0.12–0.20 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point11:22

    xG 0.87–0.24 (79%)attempts 14–5goals 2–1

  2. Joseph – Katchouk – Raddysh2:59

    xG 0.43–0.18 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare9:38

    xG 0.32–0.26 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli11:26

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta10:59

    xG 1.00–0.35 (74%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak14:17

    xG 0.76–0.20 (79%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  3. Sergachev – Foote12:15

    xG 0.61–0.22 (73%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

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.

TBL 3.6 xGCGY 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1127 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 70% of the time.

TBL winsCGY wins

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

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