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Tue, Mar 28, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL082627421
CAR0809014031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:58TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:23TBLBrayden PointAssists: Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:17TBLBrayden PointAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P3 15:39TBLAlex KillornENAssists: Brayden Point, Erik Cernak · Snap, 0.73 xG4–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:45CARJordan Martinook: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 6:29TBLAlex Killorn: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 19:02TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:02CARSebastian Aho: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 19:02TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 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 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Paul
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCAR
21Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals3.1
48Shot attempts53
27Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
28Hits14
7Blocked shots18
7Giveaways10
6Takeaways16

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. Paul – Colton – Hagel9:57

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Bellemare – Jeannot8:34

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Maroon – Cirelli9:23

    xG 0.17–0.29 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Kucherov – Point13:39

    xG 0.27–0.60 (31%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Raddysh2:37

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Raddysh – Sergachev15:59

    xG 0.46–0.33 (58%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  3. Fleury – Cernak11:03

    xG 0.26–0.34 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – Aho – Necas8:34

    xG 0.38–0.04 (91%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook4:07

    xG 0.37–0.23 (62%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Teravainen – Kotkaniemi – Drury3:16

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis8:34

    xG 0.14–0.04 (78%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin13:36

    xG 0.73–0.45 (61%)attempts 16–16goals 0–2

  2. Gostisbehere – Chatfield13:12

    xG 0.40–0.18 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce17:03

    xG 0.85–0.78 (52%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

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.

CAR 3.1 xGTBL 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1255 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

CAR winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).