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Wed, Apr 5, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1821706331
NYR31219216637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:13NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:41NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Filip Chytil, K'Andre Miller · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:21NYRTyler MotteAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Braden Schneider · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P1 10:40TBLAlex KillornPPAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:10TBLDarren RaddyshAssists: Alex Killorn, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P2 7:25NYRTyler MotteGWGAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P2 11:34TBLBrandon HagelAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:38NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–5
  9. P3 13:49NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–6
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 5:29TBLSteven Stamkos: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:28NYRAlexis Lafrenière: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:09NYRBen Harpur: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:09TBLPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:09TBLPatrick Maroon: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 19:54NYRK'Andre Miller: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 8:50NYRAdam Fox: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 11:34TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 11:34NYRRyan Lindgren: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 11:34TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 16:13TBLCorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 16:13NYRVincent Trocheck: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 19:25TBLRoss Colton: Instigator2 min
  14. P2 19:25NYRBraden Schneider: Fighting5 min
  15. P2 19:25TBLRoss Colton: Fighting5 min
  16. P2 19:25TBLRoss Colton: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 12:41TBLNikita Kucherov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  18. P3 0:00NYRBen Harpur: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 0:00TBLCorey Perry: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Chytil
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYR
31Shots on goal37
3.3Expected goals4.1
59Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won21
3Power plays5
42Penalty minutes28
21Hits22
11Blocked shots15
14Giveaways4
7Takeaways15

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. bestPaul – Colton – Hagel5:53

    xG 0.34–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Point14:52

    xG 0.90–0.81 (52%)attempts 20–14goals 0–2

  3. Perry – Bellemare – Jeannot5:29

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. Killorn – Maroon – Cirelli4:09

    xG 0.05–0.01 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Cernak2:10

    xG 0.51–0.01 (99%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Cernak11:56

    xG 0.81–0.58 (58%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Raddysh – Sergachev15:14

    xG 0.40–0.51 (44%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Vesey – Motte6:45

    xG 0.70–0.16 (81%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey7:02

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  3. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière9:59

    xG 0.34–0.63 (35%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  4. Tarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin10:38

    xG 0.14–1.22 (10%)attempts 4–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarpur – Schneider7:55

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  2. Trouba – Miller2:41

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Mikkola – Fox2:18

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

NYR 4.1 xGTBL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #303 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

NYR winsTBL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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