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Mon, Nov 21, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Boston Bruins 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1731418529
TBL11407214335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:57TBLNick PaulAssists: Steven Stamkos, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:36BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Matt Grzelcyk · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:07BOSNick FolignoPPAssists: Pavel Zacha, David Krejci · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:38BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:08BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:51BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.11 xG5–1
  7. P3 4:02TBLRudolfs BalcersAssists: Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–2
  8. P3 10:38TBLNick PaulPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Patrick Maroon · Slap, 0.06 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:00TBLErik Cernak: Interference2 min
  2. P1 0:00BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:41TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:52TBLCorey Perry: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 0:19BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 2:56TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:54BOSCharlie Coyle: Slashing2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTBL
29Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals3.2
43Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
27Hits43
6Blocked shots10
6Giveaways21
12Takeaways18

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk8:57

    xG 0.61–0.11 (85%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha9:39

    xG 0.36–0.34 (52%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Nosek – Greer6:07

    xG 0.19–0.29 (39%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Coyle – Hall – Frederic4:49

    xG 0.12–0.52 (18%)attempts 2–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Clifton – McAvoy2:34

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Clifton2:15

    xG 0.02–0.01 (79%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Carlo13:05

    xG 0.73–0.74 (49%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Bellemare – Balcers7:52

    xG 0.74–0.11 (87%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Namestnikov – Balcers2:18

    xG 0.48–0.11 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Paul9:48

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Kucherov – Point – Hagel10:23

    xG 0.36–0.75 (33%)attempts 14–10goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Sergachev3:13

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Myers2:52

    xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Bogosian – Hedman2:31

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)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.

TBL 3.2 xGBOS 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #465 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 57% of the time.

TBL winsBOS wins

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

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