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Tue, Jan 24, 2023·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Minnesota Wild 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

TBL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN08212015235
TBL011210218439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:43MINJoel Eriksson EkSHAssists: Jake Middleton · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:44TBLCorey PerryAssists: Ross Colton, Mikhail Sergachev · Slap, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:42MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:05TBLCorey PerryPPAssists: Ross Colton, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:22TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Nikita Kucherov · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:43TBLNikita KucherovENAssists: Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.54 xG2–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:27TBLNick Paul: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:27MINJake Middleton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:58TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 12:17MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:48TBLAnthony Cirelli: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 3:00MINJonas Brodin: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:39MINRyan Hartman: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 10:57TBLMikhail Sergachev: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 10:57TBLBrandon Hagel: Abusive language10 min
  10. P2 12:52TBLVictor Hedman: Interference2 min
  11. P2 16:12MINFrederick Gaudreau: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 15:07MINRyan Hartman: Hooking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINTBL
35Shots on goal39
3.8Expected goals4.1
64Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes23
26Hits26
16Blocked shots14
6Giveaways5
17Takeaways18

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel8:56

    xG 0.95–0.38 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar5:25

    xG 0.43–0.07 (85%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Hartman – Gaudreau – Boldy7:45

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek8:23

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton12:38

    xG 1.00–0.23 (81%)attempts 18–7goals 0–1

  2. Brodin – Dumba17:13

    xG 1.24–0.94 (57%)attempts 23–18goals 0–1

  3. Merrill – Addison7:39

    xG 0.14–0.22 (38%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Maroon – Paul – Colton6:43

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Namestnikov – Bellemare5:44

    xG 0.10–0.09 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel8:03

    xG 0.50–0.71 (41%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Kucherov – Point11:56

    xG 0.55–1.21 (31%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Perbix2:15

    xG 0.17–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Hedman9:34

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Sergachev3:12

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 4–6goals 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 4.1 xGMIN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #430 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50TBL 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 54% of the time.

TBL winsMIN wins

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

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