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Tue, Jan 3, 2023·United Center, Chicago

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 87% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL16013310429
CHI1120608126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:50CHISeth JonesPPAssists: Taylor Raddysh, Max Domi · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:24TBLPatrick MaroonAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:11TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:14TBLBrandon HagelPPAssists: Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:54TBLNick PaulENAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.70 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:55TBLIan Cole: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:37TBLIan Cole: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:41TBLZach Bogosian: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 18:16CHIConnor Murphy: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:07TBLIan Cole: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 14:03CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 16:36CHIReese Johnson: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:48CHIBoris Katchouk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:03TBLAlex Killorn: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 11:03CHIAlex Stalock: Interference2 min
  11. P3 17:52TBLBrandon Hagel: Holding2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Domi won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCHI
29Shots on goal26
4.6Expected goals2.0
59Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
11Hits18
20Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
8Takeaways19

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. bestMaroon – Paul – Colton10:05

    xG 0.68–0.04 (94%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Kucherov – Point – Hagel7:33

    xG 0.63–0.03 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel2:12

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli5:19

    xG 0.46–0.17 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Cernak13:55

    xG 0.77–0.16 (83%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sergachev5:25

    xG 0.42–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Hedman9:27

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Raddysh – Kurashev7:59

    xG 0.52–0.41 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Blackwell – Katchouk – Johnson5:45

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Athanasiou – Domi – Lafferty3:53

    xG 0.02–0.28 (7%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Athanasiou – Domi7:13

    xG 0.01–0.74 (1%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Mitchell6:33

    xG 0.07–0.41 (14%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Phillips8:40

    xG 0.38–0.99 (28%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

  3. McCabe – Jones12:49

    xG 0.27–1.08 (20%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

CHI 2.0 xGTBL 4.6 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #879 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 87% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).