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Tue, Mar 22, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01019110229
CAR07220114341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:56CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Ethan Bear, Seth Jarvis · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:39TBLNick PaulAssists: Ross Colton · Deflected, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:55CARTony DeAngeloPPAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:07CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Seth Jarvis, Jaccob Slavin · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:00TBLAlex KillornAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 16:38CARTony DeAngelo: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 5:15TBLCorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:39TBLSteven Stamkos: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:47CARIan Cole: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:47TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:47CARIan Cole: Holding2 min
  7. P3 1:01TBLNikita Kucherov: Holding2 min
  8. P3 17:19TBLMikhail Sergachev: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:19CARJordan Staal: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 19:34TBLNikita Kucherov: 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 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
29Shots on goal41
3.4Expected goals4.8
52Shot attempts70
44Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
12Penalty minutes8
26Hits21
11Blocked shots10
11Giveaways7
15Takeaways17

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. bestPaul – Cirelli – Colton5:41

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Palat – Point – Hagel8:31

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Palat – Kucherov – Point3:07

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare7:51

    xG 0.28–0.32 (46%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hedman – Rutta14:33

    xG 0.75–1.03 (42%)attempts 15–18goals 0–1

  2. Cernak – Sergachev10:42

    xG 0.61–0.88 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Bogosian11:25

    xG 0.52–0.88 (37%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Niederreiter – Fast10:27

    xG 1.06–0.58 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis11:30

    xG 0.80–0.55 (59%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Stepan – Lorentz – Kotkaniemi6:00

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Necas – Svechnikov12:33

    xG 0.20–0.94 (18%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – DeAngelo14:47

    xG 1.21–0.63 (66%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Bear11:08

    xG 0.97–0.53 (65%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Skjei – Pesce16:31

    xG 0.92–1.37 (40%)attempts 13–18goals 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.

CAR 4.8 xGTBL 3.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #887 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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