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Sat, Oct 14, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Detroit Red Wings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 82% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL2101718425
DET21422127642

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:11DETDaniel SprongAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Poke, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:46TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:52TBLBrandon HagelAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:35DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:01DETLucas RaymondUnassisted · Slap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:53TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P2 15:23DETJ.T. CompherAssists: Moritz Seider, Andrew Copp · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P3 4:44DETAlex DeBrincatGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 9:39TBLVictor HedmanPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.07 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:59DETMoritz SeiderENAssists: J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.49 xG4–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:54TBLAnthony Cirelli: Interference2 min
  2. P2 18:57DETDaniel Sprong: Holding2 min
  3. P3 8:51DETJake Walman: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:51TBLBrayden Point: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 8:51DETJake Walman: 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
25Shots on goal42
2.3Expected goals4.6
66Shot attempts63
27Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits22
11Blocked shots21
2Giveaways8
2Takeaways6

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. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Point5:22

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Paul – Cirelli – Hagel5:21

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  3. Glendening – Jeannot – Merela9:04

    xG 0.14–0.27 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Kucherov – Paul – Eyssimont2:25

    xG 0.08–0.31 (20%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. de Haan – Raddysh2:06

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Fleury – Cernak3:13

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Raddysh – Sergachev14:18

    xG 0.09–0.65 (13%)attempts 12–19goals 0–3

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – DeBrincat – Raymond13:38

    xG 1.17–0.29 (80%)attempts 20–13goals 3–0

  2. Fischer – Kostin – Veleno3:35

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Sprong – Veleno4:49

    xG 0.27–0.15 (65%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Compher – Rasmussen7:16

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider14:55

    xG 1.38–0.76 (64%)attempts 19–23goals 2–1

  2. Maatta – Gostisbehere4:44

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot7:25

    xG 0.58–0.20 (74%)attempts 7–8goals 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.

DET 4.6 xGTBL 2.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #185 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 82% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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