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Sun, Nov 13, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Washington Capitals 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 83% of the time.

TBL winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH0416212322
TBL4909217635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:23TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nick Perbix · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:19TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Brandon Hagel · Slap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:12TBLNick PerbixAssists: Alex Killorn, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P1 16:22TBLMikhail SergachevPPGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P2 18:04WSHConor ShearyAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:11TBLCole KoepkeAssists: Brayden Point, Patrick Maroon · Backhand, 0.53 xG1–5
  7. P3 16:59WSHLars EllerAssists: Marcus Johansson, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:16TBLNick PaulENAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–6
  9. P3 17:58WSHGarnet HathawayUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–6
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 7:58WSHLars Eller: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:17TBLVictor Hedman: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:12WSHGarnet Hathaway: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 0:00TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 0:00TBLPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 0:00WSHMatt Irwin: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:55TBLNikita Kucherov: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 13:32WSHAlex Ovechkin: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P2 19:10WSHMatt Irwin: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 19:10TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 19:10TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 19:29WSHDylan Strome: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 0:59TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 6:52TBLBrandon Hagel: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
49% to win51% to win
← WSH attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Kuznetsov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHTBL
22Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals4.3
44Shot attempts66
35Faceoffs won29
6Power plays4
20Penalty minutes22
45Hits39
15Blocked shots10
11Giveaways12
17Takeaways24

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Dowd – Hathaway – Protas10:12

    xG 0.50–0.49 (50%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  2. Eller – Mantha – McMichael4:38

    xG 0.21–0.23 (47%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Milano – Strome3:52

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary6:29

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestIrwin – van Riemsdyk9:16

    xG 0.53–0.17 (76%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry2:09

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Fehérváry11:53

    xG 0.55–0.93 (37%)attempts 10–22goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKucherov – Point – Hagel9:27

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Perry – Namestnikov – Colton8:22

    xG 0.32–0.11 (75%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  3. Maroon – Bellemare – Koepke7:54

    xG 0.65–0.59 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Paul7:48

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Hedman13:00

    xG 1.05–0.56 (65%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  2. Sergachev – Perbix9:00

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 8–3goals 2–0

  3. Hedman – Perbix2:56

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

TBL 4.3 xGWSH 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #858 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50TBL 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 83% of the time.

TBL winsWSH wins

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

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