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Fri, Apr 29, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 55% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL110011513634
NYI110212116438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:32NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Noah Dobson, Anders Lee · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:57TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Erik Cernak, Ondrej Palat · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:35NYIKieffer BellowsUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:48NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:21TBLCorey PerryPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:10TBLRyan McDonaghAssists: Patrick Maroon, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:13TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:50TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Ondrej Palat, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.10 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:16NYIZdeno CharaAssists: Mathew Barzal, Zach Parise · Slap, 0.03 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:35TBLBrandon HagelENAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.48 xG6–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 17:40TBLSteven Stamkos: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 19:38NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYI
34Shots on goal38
4.8Expected goals4.5
60Shot attempts64
29Faceoffs won28
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
19Hits14
13Blocked shots12
12Giveaways14
3Takeaways10

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. bestKillorn – Kucherov – Cirelli2:12

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Kucherov11:55

    xG 1.21–1.15 (51%)attempts 12–17goals 3–0

  3. Perry – Paul – Colton6:15

    xG 0.44–0.41 (52%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare6:35

    xG 0.03–0.21 (13%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Bogosian4:58

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Sergachev3:21

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Rutta2:03

    xG 0.15–0.09 (61%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParise – Palmieri – Barzal13:21

    xG 1.17–0.91 (56%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Martin – Cizikas – Wahlstrom9:47

    xG 0.46–0.36 (56%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Pageau – Beauvillier13:48

    xG 1.01–1.15 (47%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  4. Bailey – Nelson – Bellows12:13

    xG 0.96–1.14 (46%)attempts 11–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Dobson15:16

    xG 2.15–0.94 (70%)attempts 21–13goals 1–1

  2. Greene – Pulock2:35

    xG 0.05–0.15 (27%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Dobson3:36

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

NYI 4.5 xGTBL 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #138 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 55% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

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

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