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Sat, Mar 11, 2023·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 76% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0401019123
TBL07115215337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:21TBLBrayden PointAssists: Victor Hedman, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:23CHITaylor RaddyshAssists: Cole Guttman, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:00TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:58TBLBrandon HagelENAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.64 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:52CHITaylor Raddysh: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:28TBLCorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 18:49TBLTanner Jeannot: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 16:31TBLErik Cernak: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 16:31CHIJujhar Khaira: Fighting5 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
23Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals3.8
45Shot attempts65
18Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
36Hits30
14Blocked shots9
5Giveaways11
11Takeaways10

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKhaira – Anderson – Katchouk8:37

    xG 0.41–0.09 (83%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Dickinson – Philp – Entwistle10:49

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Raddysh – Guttman10:39

    xG 0.30–0.62 (33%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  4. Athanasiou – Kurashev – Reichel11:14

    xG 0.19–0.61 (24%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Mitchell – Roos14:13

    xG 0.50–0.52 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Roos3:14

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Jones19:34

    xG 0.79–0.90 (47%)attempts 15–20goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPaul – Eyssimont – Jeannot6:56

    xG 0.70–0.14 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Kucherov – Point – Hagel11:09

    xG 1.13–0.65 (63%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  3. Killorn – Cirelli – Colton6:40

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Cirelli – Hagel3:04

    xG 0.03–0.03 (54%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev5:44

    xG 0.95–0.22 (82%)attempts 13–2goals 2–0

  2. Hedman – Perbix10:34

    xG 0.81–0.45 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Cernak14:41

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 14–8goals 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.

TBL 3.8 xGCHI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #976 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 76% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

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