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Fri, Nov 25, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

St. Louis Blues 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 80% of the time.

TBL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL1101908227
TBL31311014527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:29TBLBrayden PointAssists: Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:57TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nick Paul, Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:04TBLBrayden PointPPGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P1 16:50STLPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:24STLJordan KyrouAssists: Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:42TBLBrandon HagelAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:12TBLNick PaulENAssists: Alex Killorn, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:18TBLCorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:18STLIvan Barbashev: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:30STLRobert Bortuzzo: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 5:30TBLCal Foote: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 6:54STLNiko Mikkola: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 16:15TBLVictor Hedman: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 3:07TBLZach Bogosian: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 14:25STLNoel Acciari: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 18:55TBLErik Cernak: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLTBL
27Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals4.0
51Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
29Hits36
10Blocked shots16
8Giveaways8
16Takeaways19

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Saad – Acciari4:23

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Barbashev – Acciari7:10

    xG 0.35–0.26 (58%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Toropchenko – Alexandrov4:52

    xG 0.05–0.08 (37%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas11:51

    xG 0.62–0.77 (45%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Mikkola2:12

    xG 0.20–0.01 (96%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Mikkola2:15

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  3. Bortuzzo – Mikkola9:56

    xG 0.10–0.20 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKucherov – Point – Hagel12:48

    xG 0.90–0.20 (82%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Paul10:51

    xG 0.68–0.22 (75%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Namestnikov – Barré-Boulet4:48

    xG 0.34–0.03 (91%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Foote2:14

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Hedman2:47

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Cernak13:44

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

TBL 4.0 xGSTL 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #478 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 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 80% of the time.

TBL winsSTL wins

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

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