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Thu, Jan 13, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Vancouver Canucks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 62% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1130419226
TBL280528421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:16TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:05VANMatthew HighmoreAssists: Tyler Motte · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:39TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Alex Killorn, Erik Cernak · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:24TBLBoris KatchoukGWGAssists: Ross Colton · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:46VANTyler MotteAssists: Juho Lammikko, Matthew Highmore · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:44TBLBrayden PointENAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Wrist, 0.76 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:37VANVasily Podkolzin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:55VANConor Garland: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:55TBLBrayden Point: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:55TBLBrayden Point: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:14VANTyler Myers: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:49TBLBrayden Point: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:57TBLErik Cernak: Interference2 min
  8. P3 3:51VANBo Horvat: Holding2 min
  9. P3 12:31TBLCorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTBL
26Shots on goal21
2.4Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts38
27Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
22Hits29
9Blocked shots20
1Giveaways2
8Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Garland – Pettersson9:24

    xG 0.70–0.21 (77%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Pearson – Boeser10:33

    xG 0.35–0.30 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Dickinson – Hoglander – Podkolzin6:46

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Lammikko – Highmore10:52

    xG 0.45–0.63 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Poolman8:23

    xG 0.53–0.30 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson11:30

    xG 0.67–0.49 (58%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Hunt3:39

    xG 0.35–0.17 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKatchouk – Raddysh – Colton6:15

    xG 0.36–0.05 (88%)attempts 4–2goals 1–1

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli8:06

    xG 0.41–0.29 (59%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Kucherov3:21

    xG 0.11–0.10 (52%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare7:17

    xG 0.08–0.13 (37%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Foote11:43

    xG 0.61–0.21 (74%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Bogosian – Sergachev2:55

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Hedman – Rutta13:35

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGVAN 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #774 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TBL 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 62% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).