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Thu, Jan 12, 2023·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Vancouver Canucks 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 59% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN115110215440
TBL111311113535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:14VANConor GarlandAssists: Bo Horvat, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:37TBLCorey PerryPPAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Ross Colton · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:30TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nick Perbix, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:44VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Collin Delia · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:44TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:29TBLBrandon HagelAssists: Alex Killorn, Nick Perbix · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:30TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.17 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:40VANQuinn HughesAssists: Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:52VANElias PetterssonAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.03 xG4–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:56TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Instigator2 min
  2. P1 9:56VANLuke Schenn: Holding2 min
  3. P1 9:56TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:56VANLane Pederson: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 9:56TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Instigator misconduct10 min
  6. P1 12:39VANEthan Bear: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 4:44TBLCorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:21TBLNick Paul: Holding2 min
  9. P3 4:26VANLuke Schenn: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 5:01VANTyler Myers: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 17:57TBLAlex Killorn: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTBL
40Shots on goal35
3.2Expected goals3.7
62Shot attempts62
36Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes23
36Hits25
16Blocked shots13
2Giveaways5
11Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Horvat – Garland11:17

    xG 0.82–0.48 (63%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Boeser – Pettersson – Kuzmenko13:57

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 20–12goals 1–1

  3. Lazar – Joshua – Lockwood9:00

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Pederson – Studnicka – Mikheyev7:39

    xG 0.09–0.42 (18%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes6:15

    xG 0.35–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Bear – Stillman6:29

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Bear5:21

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Point10:10

    xG 1.17–0.12 (90%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Namestnikov – Bellemare5:33

    xG 0.05–0.02 (75%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Paul – Colton9:56

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel9:49

    xG 0.35–0.39 (47%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev6:25

    xG 0.29–0.02 (92%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Perbix12:14

    xG 0.76–0.50 (60%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  3. Bogosian – Hedman13:30

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 9–12goals 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 3.7 xGVAN 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #292 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 59% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

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

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