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Sun, Mar 13, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 59% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL21501105231
VAN011014111136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:26TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Patrick Maroon, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:06TBLRoss ColtonGWGAssists: Corey Perry · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:54VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Conor Garland, Tanner Pearson · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:41TBLMikhail Sergachev: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 1:21VANTyler Myers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:10TBLPatrick Maroon: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:10VANLuke Schenn: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 19:15TBLRyan McDonagh: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:15VANConor Garland: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLVAN
31Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals2.8
49Shot attempts63
28Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits23
18Blocked shots6
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways8

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. bestMaroon – Bellemare – Raddysh4:10

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Palat – Point – Cirelli11:59

    xG 0.53–0.23 (70%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Kucherov12:40

    xG 0.68–0.56 (55%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  4. Joseph – Raddysh – Colton2:51

    xG 0.02–0.04 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta11:53

    xG 1.19–0.39 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Cernak – Sergachev13:41

    xG 0.54–0.43 (56%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak3:11

    xG 0.04–0.01 (88%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Boeser – Hoglander2:10

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Motte – Lammikko – Highmore2:38

    xG 0.03–0.04 (48%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Highmore – Hoglander3:41

    xG 0.16–0.22 (41%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pearson – Garland11:24

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson14:14

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Hughes2:06

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Hunt10:43

    xG 0.33–0.40 (45%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

VAN 2.8 xGTBL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1116 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 59% of the time.

VAN winsTBL wins

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

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