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Sat, Nov 19, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Nashville Predators 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

NSH winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL0181121613339
NSH1120811101232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:50NSHFilip ForsbergPPAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Juuso Parssinen · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:25TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Brayden Point, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:04NSHNino NiederreiterAssists: Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:39TBLAlex KillornAssists: Ian Cole, Nikita Kucherov · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:36TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Slap, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:39TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:09TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:17TBLNick Paul: Kneeing2 min
  4. P2 3:44NSHRyan Johansen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:26NSHDante Fabbro: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:26TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:22NSHMichael McCarron: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 16:31TBLIan Cole: Interference2 min
  9. P3 8:17NSHRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 14:16TBLZach Bogosian: Kneeing2 min
  11. P3 17:04NSHRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  12. OT 2:22NSHMattias Ekholm: High sticking2 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 SOG0NSH
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNSH
39Shots on goal32
3.7Expected goals2.7
72Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won25
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
20Hits35
10Blocked shots22
12Giveaways13
3Takeaways11

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 – Hagel11:50

    xG 0.92–0.36 (72%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Namestnikov – Colton5:29

    xG 0.48–0.40 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Bellemare – Balcers6:10

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Paul8:25

    xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Fleury5:22

    xG 0.61–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Hedman5:30

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Sergachev9:09

    xG 0.48–0.55 (47%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGlass – Tolvanen – Smith5:40

    xG 0.92–0.06 (94%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Granlund – Forsberg – Parssinen9:30

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Sissons – McCarron – Jeannot8:16

    xG 0.33–0.74 (31%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Johansen – Niederreiter8:13

    xG 0.09–0.97 (8%)attempts 3–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLauzon – Fabbro6:48

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Carrier8:37

    xG 0.57–0.30 (66%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Josi – Lauzon2:27

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

NSH 2.7 xGTBL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #384 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 66% of the time.

NSH winsTBL wins

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

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