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Tue, Nov 29, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 80% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL07111010128
BOS1901126326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07BOSTaylor HallAssists: Brandon Carlo, Trent Frederic · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:20TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:49BOSTaylor HallPPGWGAssists: Pavel Zacha, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:19BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.74 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 16:20BOSBrad Marchand: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 17:25BOSPavel Zacha: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:07TBLNick Perbix: Tripping2 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 SOG0BOS
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Nosek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLBOS
28Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits26
13Blocked shots17
12Giveaways9
6Takeaways10

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. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Hagel7:09

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Paul – Point6:43

    xG 0.10–0.02 (84%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Bellemare – Koepke7:30

    xG 0.08–0.03 (70%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Namestnikov – Colton9:44

    xG 0.23–0.32 (41%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Cernak – Sergachev4:31

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Bogosian10:24

    xG 0.33–0.36 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Hedman2:19

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk13:13

    xG 0.74–0.22 (77%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha11:56

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Hall – Frederic9:02

    xG 0.19–0.11 (64%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Foligno – Nosek – Greer7:46

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – McAvoy19:42

    xG 1.14–0.56 (67%)attempts 23–21goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo10:30

    xG 0.23–0.08 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Clifton3:21

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

BOS 3.4 xGTBL 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #1111 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 80% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).