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Sat, Feb 11, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL06110215331
DAL01211205129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:13TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Brandon Hagel, Alex Killorn · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:18DALJamie BennUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:16TBLAnthony CirelliGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:59TBLBrandon HagelENAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.69 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:11TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:34TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:28DALMiro Heiskanen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:13TBLVictor Hedman: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:49DALRadek Faksa: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 2:49TBLCorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:35TBLMikhail Sergachev: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnston won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDAL
31Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals3.6
62Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won28
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
15Hits14
15Blocked shots16
14Giveaways17
2Takeaways11

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. bestKillorn – Stamkos – Cirelli5:02

    xG 0.52–0.03 (94%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Namestnikov – Colton7:07

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Kucherov – Point – Hagel3:54

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel5:27

    xG 0.45–0.54 (45%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Cernak3:39

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Bogosian2:53

    xG 0.32–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Foote6:58

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dellandrea – Johnston10:29

    xG 0.61–0.54 (53%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Faksa – Marchment10:10

    xG 0.21–0.15 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:28

    xG 0.90–0.91 (50%)attempts 18–14goals 0–2

  4. Glendening – Gurianov – Studenic5:56

    xG 0.15–0.45 (24%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen14:11

    xG 1.11–0.85 (57%)attempts 25–16goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Lundkvist10:35

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell15:57

    xG 0.66–0.87 (43%)attempts 16–21goals 1–2

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.

DAL 3.6 xGTBL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #864 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +50 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 51% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

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

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