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Thu, Jan 27, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New Jersey Devils 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 73% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD11201417233
TBL01821116335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:33NJDDamon SeversonPPAssists: Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:46TBLAlex KillornPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos · Backhand, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:16TBLMathieu JosephSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:55NJDJack HughesAssists: Jesper Bratt, Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:55TBLAnthony CirelliGWGAssists: Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:10TBLMikhail Sergachev: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:52NJDAndreas Johnsson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:21TBLJan Rutta: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 13:50NJDDamon Severson: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTBL
33Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals3.8
56Shot attempts53
20Faceoffs won28
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
25Hits35
6Blocked shots18
2Giveaways4
6Takeaways8

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBratt – Sharangovich – Hughes12:25

    xG 0.81–0.63 (56%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  2. Vesey – Kuokkanen – Boqvist10:25

    xG 0.19–0.18 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Johnsson – Mercer10:41

    xG 0.33–0.55 (37%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Zacha – Bastian – Hischier12:10

    xG 0.33–0.61 (35%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Subban – Graves18:14

    xG 0.85–0.83 (51%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0

  2. White – Smith11:43

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Siegenthaler18:10

    xG 0.51–1.00 (34%)attempts 14–17goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Joseph12:47

    xG 0.71–0.41 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Katchouk – Raddysh – Colton9:57

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare10:31

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Point – Cirelli12:48

    xG 0.55–0.66 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta14:20

    xG 0.83–0.25 (77%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Foote4:08

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Sergachev2:47

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 1–5goals 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 3.8 xGNJD 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #738 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 73% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

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

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