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Sat, Jan 15, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Dallas Stars 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 89% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1802010120
TBL11009210329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:48DALEsa LindellAssists: Joe Pavelski · Slap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:47TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:37TBLRoss ColtonGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Cal Foote · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:19TBLAlex KillornENAssists: Steven Stamkos, Anthony Cirelli · Backhand, 0.75 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:29DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:58DALRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:17TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 14:17DALRoope Hintz: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 0:00DALRadek Faksa: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 7:08TBLCorey Perry: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTBL
20Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals4.3
34Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
36Hits24
9Blocked shots7
0Giveaways2
7Takeaways6

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – Faksa – Raffl5:52

    xG 0.18–0.08 (69%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Kiviranta11:14

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Peterson11:31

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Kero – Gardner – Damiani2:38

    xG 0.08–0.16 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell4:18

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Hakanpää2:22

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Heiskanen14:35

    xG 0.56–0.55 (50%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Cirelli10:47

    xG 0.68–0.32 (68%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Katchouk – Raddysh – Colton6:06

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Kucherov – Point12:58

    xG 0.43–0.36 (54%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Bellemare – Joseph9:46

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Foote9:58

    xG 0.40–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Rutta12:03

    xG 0.46–0.32 (60%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. McDonagh – Bogosian17:11

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

TBL 4.3 xGDAL 1.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1071 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 89% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

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

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