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Fri, Oct 14, 2022·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL314113112539
CBJ2901207228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:21CBJJohnny GaudreauAssists: Justin Danforth, Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:08TBLCorey PerryPPAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Mikhail Sergachev · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:21TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Alex Killorn, Haydn Fleury · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:55CBJGustav NyquistAssists: Kent Johnson, Erik Gudbranson · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:55TBLRoss ColtonGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 7:45TBLCal FooteAssists: Ross Colton, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:57TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Alex Killorn · Deflected, 0.09 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:02CBJCole Sillinger: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:56CBJJustin Danforth: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:59TBLMikhail Sergachev: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 18:16TBLBrandon Hagel: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:40TBLNick Paul: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:19TBLMikhail Sergachev: 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCBJ
39Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals3.0
66Shot attempts44
16Faceoffs won40
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits22
4Blocked shots13
4Giveaways5
2Takeaways3

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 – Stamkos – Paul11:06

    xG 0.84–0.09 (91%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Kucherov – Point – Hagel12:42

    xG 0.81–0.41 (66%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Namestnikov – Colton10:06

    xG 0.50–0.16 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  4. Maroon – Bellemare – Koepke7:35

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFleury – Myers9:56

    xG 0.89–0.19 (82%)attempts 18–6goals 1–1

  2. Hedman – Foote11:20

    xG 0.81–0.41 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  3. Cernak – Sergachev12:18

    xG 0.54–0.31 (64%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Chinakhov – Johnson – Sillinger2:27

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Roslovic – Chinakhov6:57

    xG 0.06–0.22 (20%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  3. Gaudreau – Jenner – Danforth13:08

    xG 0.64–0.83 (43%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  4. Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson7:27

    xG 0.07–0.32 (19%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Werenski – Peeke3:40

    xG 0.04–0.09 (29%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  2. Gavrikov – Boqvist2:52

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Werenski – Boqvist10:05

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 5–9goals 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.

CBJ 3.0 xGTBL 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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

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

Excitement 56/100 · #635 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 54% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

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

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