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Sat, Mar 25, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL15011011127
BOS110111013234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:46BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Hampus Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:30TBLVictor HedmanSHAssists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Alex Killorn · Slap, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:32BOSGarnet HathawayGWGAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Tomas Nosek · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 0:09BOSGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:09TBLRoss Colton: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 0:09TBLRoss Colton: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 0:09BOSJakub Lauko: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 0:09TBLPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 3:19TBLTanner Jeannot: Interference2 min
  7. P1 5:33TBLPatrick Maroon: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  8. P1 8:19TBLTanner Jeannot: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P1 11:51BOSCharlie McAvoy: Tripping2 min
  10. P1 18:38BOSGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 9:49BOSBrandon Carlo: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 10:40BOSCharlie McAvoy: High sticking2 min
  13. P2 14:12TBLSteven Stamkos: Slashing2 min
  14. P2 14:21BOSJake DeBrusk: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 11:36TBLBrandon Hagel: Interference2 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 SOG0BOS
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Nosek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLBOS
27Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts59
17Faceoffs won33
5Power plays7
21Penalty minutes17
35Hits25
18Blocked shots9
6Giveaways11
6Takeaways7

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. bestKucherov – Point – Hagel6:45

    xG 0.46–0.24 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Bellemare – Jeannot3:57

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Paul – Colton5:46

    xG 0.07–0.18 (26%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli3:12

    xG 0.08–0.21 (28%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hedman – Perbix9:56

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Cernak8:12

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Raddysh – Sergachev9:28

    xG 0.31–0.74 (29%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHathaway – Nosek – Lauko5:17

    xG 0.51–0.02 (97%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha9:12

    xG 0.48–0.13 (78%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Bertuzzi – Frederic6:47

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk6:35

    xG 0.13–0.33 (28%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy9:43

    xG 0.75–0.24 (76%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Carlo10:03

    xG 0.54–0.15 (79%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Clifton10:02

    xG 0.30–0.07 (80%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

BOS 3.0 xGTBL 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #889 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

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

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