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Thu, Oct 19, 2023·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Vancouver Canucks 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 80% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01326110329
TBL11321815436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:10TBLNick PaulPPAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:14VANBrock BoeserAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:02VANTyler MyersAssists: Elias Pettersson · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:43TBLMichael EyssimontAssists: Conor Sheary, Nick Perbix · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:52TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:42TBLNikita KucherovPPGWGAssists: Nick Paul, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:11VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Filip Hronek, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:00VANSam Lafferty: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 10:22VANFilip Hronek: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:48TBLErik Cernak: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:50VANMark Friedman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:50TBLTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 4:14VANIan Cole: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTBL
29Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals3.8
59Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
21Hits18
11Blocked shots23
2Giveaways3
3Takeaways4

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser14:04

    xG 0.65–0.47 (58%)attempts 22–14goals 1–1

  2. Garland – Pettersson – Kuzmenko9:56

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Joshua – Beauvillier – Suter9:24

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Lafferty – Studnicka – Hoglander7:24

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes18:54

    xG 0.95–0.66 (59%)attempts 26–16goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Myers12:12

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Soucy – Friedman11:29

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – Sheary – Eyssimont8:31

    xG 0.24–0.06 (81%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Paul – Jeannot – Merela8:56

    xG 0.17–0.03 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kucherov – Point – Barré-Boulet10:22

    xG 0.39–0.43 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  4. Stamkos – Cirelli – Hagel12:02

    xG 0.16–0.93 (15%)attempts 4–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRaddysh – Sergachev13:56

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 1–2

  2. de Haan – Perbix13:18

    xG 0.32–0.19 (62%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. de Haan – Cernak3:02

    xG 0.10–0.01 (87%)attempts 1–5goals 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 xGVAN 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #613 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TBL 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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 80% of the time.

TBL winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
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+5
+6
+7

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