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Sat, Oct 29, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

SJS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL2111817426
SJS1619112327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:32TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:22SJSErik KarlssonAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:44TBLRoss ColtonAssists: Alex Killorn, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:36SJSNico SturmAssists: Luke Kunin, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:41TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nick Paul, Erik Cernak · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:34SJSErik KarlssonPPAssists: Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:03TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Brandon Hagel, Brayden Point · Tip-in, 0.14 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:40SJSNick Bonino: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:36TBLPatrick Maroon: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 4:29TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 12:31TBLNikita Kucherov: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 16:12SJSMario Ferraro: Holding2 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 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLSJS
26Shots on goal27
4.1Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits16
13Blocked shots8
9Giveaways11
9Takeaways9

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. bestKucherov – Point – Hagel11:55

    xG 0.83–0.35 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  2. Namestnikov – Colton – Koepke8:06

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare7:31

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Paul11:10

    xG 0.35–0.70 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Perbix11:38

    xG 1.06–0.39 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Cernak – Sergachev3:45

    xG 0.65–0.09 (88%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Foote11:27

    xG 0.37–0.07 (85%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestLindblom – Labanc – Lorentz6:08

    xG 0.64–0.31 (67%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov11:47

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Hertl – Meier – Svechnikov12:41

    xG 0.74–1.00 (43%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  4. Bonino – Kunin – Sturm9:13

    xG 0.20–1.06 (16%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Megna11:59

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  2. Vlasic – Benning11:30

    xG 0.36–0.32 (52%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Ferraro2:19

    xG 0.02–0.23 (9%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

SJS 2.8 xGTBL 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #323 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 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 70% of the time.

SJS winsTBL wins

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

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