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Mon, Nov 27, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 55% of the time.

COL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL014113012139
COL182817423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:12COLRyan JohansenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:48COLRyan JohansenGWGAssists: Tomas Tatar, Cale Makar · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:35COLCale MakarPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:29TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:46COLValeri NichushkinENAssists: Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 10:43COLBowen Byram: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:25COLCale Makar: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 2:07TBLCalvin de Haan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:32TBLBrandon Hagel: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:10TBLMichael Eyssimont: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 13:21TBLTyler Motte: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:31COLBowen Byram: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:32TBLTyler Motte: Holding2 min
  9. P3 18:30COLMiles Wood: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 18:30TBLBrandon Hagel: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 18:30TBLMichael Eyssimont: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 18:30TBLTanner Jeannot: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 18:30COLJack Johnson: Misconduct10 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Colton won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCOL
39Shots on goal23
3.8Expected goals4.0
76Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
40Penalty minutes26
14Hits21
12Blocked shots18
5Giveaways9
4Takeaways10

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 – Jeannot – Koepke5:16

    xG 0.63–0.17 (79%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Watson – Glendening – Motte4:17

    xG 0.05–0.07 (39%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Motte – Paul – Jeannot3:04

    xG 0.08–0.12 (40%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Stamkos – Cirelli – Eyssimont8:40

    xG 0.12–0.39 (23%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Raddysh9:14

    xG 0.82–0.42 (66%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Cernak – Sergachev11:15

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Cernak2:01

    xG 0.02–0.02 (42%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestWood – Colton – O'Connor9:39

    xG 0.63–0.26 (71%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  2. MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen11:48

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta7:19

    xG 0.05–0.02 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Johansen – Drouin6:25

    xG 0.55–0.82 (40%)attempts 8–17goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar12:25

    xG 0.48–0.39 (55%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Jones6:45

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Makar – Byram2:35

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

COL 4.0 xGTBL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #1032 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 55% of the time.

COL winsTBL wins

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

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