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Wed, Jan 4, 2023·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 50% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL011112012135
MIN11231219533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:30MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Calen Addison, Marcus Foligno · Deflected, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:09MINKirill KaprizovPPGWGAssists: Matt Boldy, Calen Addison · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:27MINCalen AddisonAssists: Ryan Hartman, Matt Boldy · Slap, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:37TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:35MINSam SteelAssists: Jared Spurgeon · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:57MINKirill KaprizovENUnassisted · Snap, 0.66 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:14MINJordan Greenway: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 6:04TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:07TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:23MINRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:23TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:23MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:50MINMathew Dumba: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 13:29TBLCorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 14:03TBLBrandon Hagel: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 14:03MINJoel Eriksson Ek: High sticking2 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 SOG0MIN
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Steel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMIN
35Shots on goal33
3.3Expected goals3.2
66Shot attempts56
36Faceoffs won21
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
18Hits21
12Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
2Takeaways8

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 – Point6:22

    xG 0.51–0.23 (68%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Paul – Colton9:32

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Kucherov – Point – Hagel5:42

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel3:09

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Perbix7:05

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Hedman – Fleury2:41

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Cernak – Sergachev2:54

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel9:50

    xG 0.84–0.47 (64%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek9:31

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar8:21

    xG 0.29–0.50 (36%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Hartman – Gaudreau – Boldy8:16

    xG 0.23–0.46 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba16:51

    xG 0.99–0.65 (61%)attempts 23–13goals 0–0

  2. Merrill – Addison11:18

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Merrill – Dumba2:45

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

MIN 3.2 xGTBL 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #1073 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 50% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

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

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