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Thu, Mar 10, 2022·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01311305131
CGY11121417432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:35CGYJohnny GaudreauPPAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:40TBLAlex KillornAssists: Ross Colton, Mathieu Joseph · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:00CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:52CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Erik Gudbranson, Trevor Lewis · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:44CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Elias Lindholm, Rasmus Andersson · Snap, 0.10 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:35TBLMikhail Sergachev: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:07TBLOndrej Palat: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:50CGYNikita Zadorov: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 8:37CGYNikita Zadorov: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 17:55TBLJan Rutta: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 19:01TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:01TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 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 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Bellemare
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCGY
31Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won23
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
14Hits17
13Blocked shots14
5Giveaways9
5Takeaways8

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. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point12:13

    xG 0.85–0.52 (62%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  2. Stamkos – Joseph – Colton2:01

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli7:33

    xG 0.37–0.56 (40%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare8:49

    xG 0.05–0.72 (7%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta6:44

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Cernak – Sergachev2:31

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Bogosian – Sergachev4:57

    xG 0.57–0.42 (57%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk10:49

    xG 0.92–0.40 (70%)attempts 13–7goals 2–1

  2. Toffoli – Mangiapane – Ruzicka8:49

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Backlund – Coleman11:07

    xG 0.32–0.45 (41%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – Monahan – Dube8:50

    xG 0.29–0.46 (39%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tanev – Kylington13:34

    xG 0.40–0.46 (47%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson15:38

    xG 0.69–0.77 (47%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov15:29

    xG 0.92–1.14 (45%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

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.

CGY 3.0 xGTBL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #930 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 51% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

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

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