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Tue, Jan 18, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 54% of the time.

LAK winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1429312625
LAK04318114436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:17TBLVictor HedmanUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:52LAKBlake LizotteUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:44LAKAlex IafalloSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:03TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:40TBLPierre-Edouard BellemareSHAssists: Mathieu Joseph · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:06LAKArthur KaliyevPPAssists: Sean Durzi, Rasmus Kupari · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:43TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:20TBLMathieu JosephGWGAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Mikhail Sergachev · Slap, 0.07 xG5–3
  9. P3 17:18TBLSteven StamkosENAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.78 xG6–3
  10. P3 19:05LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.32 xG6–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:55LAKTobias Bjornfot: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:22TBLCorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 6:26TBLAnthony Cirelli: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:12LAKPhillip Danault: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:12TBLBrayden Point: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 9:12LAKPhillip Danault: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:12TBLBrayden Point: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 11:26LAKSean Durzi: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 14:12TBLPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P2 0:00LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 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 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLLAK
25Shots on goal36
3.3Expected goals3.6
42Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
28Hits21
10Blocked shots11
7Giveaways8
6Takeaways5

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. bestPerry – Kucherov – Point11:10

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Kucherov2:30

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Katchouk – Raddysh – Colton6:02

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Bellemare – Joseph7:56

    xG 0.32–0.43 (42%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev3:15

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Foote3:14

    xG 0.22–0.04 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Foote19:12

    xG 0.76–0.91 (46%)attempts 13–17goals 2–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore10:30

    xG 0.89–0.46 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Kupari – Fagemo – Turcotte7:15

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev8:08

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo14:07

    xG 0.54–0.62 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Roy13:53

    xG 0.94–0.44 (68%)attempts 16–9goals 2–2

  2. Doughty – Anderson17:35

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Durzi – Bjornfot11:46

    xG 0.49–0.90 (35%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

LAK 3.6 xGTBL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #84 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 54% of the time.

LAK winsTBL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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