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Sun, Apr 10, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Buffalo Sabres 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TBL winsBUF wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BUF0901108028
TBL2929110528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:21TBLCorey PerryGWGAssists: Zach Bogosian · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:38TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Brayden Point · Snap, 0.25 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:12TBLBrandon HagelAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:28TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 2:09TBLRoss ColtonAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nick Paul · Snap, 0.17 xG0–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P3 7:15BUFMattias Samuelsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P3 9:31TBLMikhail Sergachev: Holding2 min
  3. P3 15:55BUFMattias Samuelsson: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 16:46TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking2 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.

BUF00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BUFTBL
28Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals3.3
49Shot attempts50
21Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
30Hits27
11Blocked shots8
7Giveaways9
5Takeaways13

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Tuch – Thompson11:51

    xG 0.66–0.45 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Hinostroza – Bjork – Cozens9:58

    xG 0.50–0.52 (49%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs10:04

    xG 0.07–0.45 (14%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  4. Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt10:27

    xG 0.37–1.17 (24%)attempts 5–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Dahlin3:06

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Jokiharju – Bryson2:17

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Fitzgerald – Bryson2:34

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point12:59

    xG 0.75–0.24 (76%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Stamkos – Paul – Colton11:09

    xG 0.97–0.54 (64%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare9:19

    xG 0.54–0.12 (82%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel11:02

    xG 0.37–0.71 (35%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Sergachev14:42

    xG 1.62–0.21 (89%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  2. Hedman – Rutta12:34

    xG 0.35–0.51 (41%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak16:11

    xG 0.58–0.81 (42%)attempts 14–15goals 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.

TBL 3.3 xGBUF 2.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 BUF. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1297 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
BUF 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 66% of the time.

TBL winsBUF wins

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

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