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Sat, Dec 10, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Florida Panthers 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 65% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0916010125
TBL11908311438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:40TBLPatrick MaroonAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Cal Foote · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:02FLAZac DalpeAssists: Josh Mahura, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:03TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:22TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Cal Foote, Vladislav Namestnikov · Snap, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:45TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Alex Killorn, Nick Paul · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:33FLAEric Staal: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:04FLARyan Lomberg: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:07TBLBrandon Hagel: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:36FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 0:58TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 3:33TBLIan Cole: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 8:11TBLRoss Colton: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 18:21TBLMikhail Sergachev: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:22FLAColin White: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATBL
25Shots on goal38
3.2Expected goals4.1
61Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
30Hits24
12Blocked shots19
6Giveaways11
11Takeaways16

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBarkov – Reinhart – Luostarinen9:05

    xG 0.76–0.30 (72%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Cousins – White8:06

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  3. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk6:46

    xG 0.49–0.57 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  4. Dalpe – Tierney – Lomberg5:13

    xG 0.00–0.49 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Forsling2:36

    xG 0.54–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Ekblad – Forsling8:09

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Montour9:38

    xG 0.49–0.43 (53%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Paul11:10

    xG 0.80–0.47 (63%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Cirelli – Colton9:18

    xG 0.58–0.41 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Namestnikov – Bellemare9:04

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  4. Kucherov – Point – Hagel8:14

    xG 0.68–0.78 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Cernak11:07

    xG 0.67–0.38 (64%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Sergachev – Foote14:41

    xG 0.85–0.78 (52%)attempts 17–19goals 2–0

  3. Hedman – Perbix10:43

    xG 0.38–0.72 (35%)attempts 8–13goals 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 4.1 xGFLA 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #890 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TBL 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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 65% of the time.

TBL winsFLA wins

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

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