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Sat, Dec 9, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Seattle Kraken 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

SEA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL214091611430
SEA042151703329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:28TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Nick Perbix, Tanner Jeannot · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:16TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Brayden Point, Brandon Hagel · Tip-in, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:52SEAOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Will Borgen · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:23SEAJamie OleksiakAssists: Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:14SEAJared McCannPPAssists: Vince Dunn, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:09TBLNick PaulAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:12TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh · Wrist, 0.28 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:30SEARyker Evans: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:49TBLTanner Jeannot: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:03TBLNick Paul: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:49SEAVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 15:49TBLMichael Eyssimont: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 15:49SEABrandon Tanev: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 18:47TBLLuke Glendening: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:24TBLTanner Jeannot: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 19:44TBLAnthony Cirelli: Tripping2 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 SOG0SEA
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLSEA
30Shots on goal29
3.0Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts61
34Faceoffs won23
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
18Hits25
22Blocked shots14
4Giveaways5
7Takeaways11

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. bestKucherov – Paul – Cirelli2:33

    xG 0.16–0.04 (79%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Paul – Cirelli – Barré-Boulet11:09

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Kucherov – Point – Hagel9:44

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 1–2

  4. Glendening – Motte – Koepke2:00

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFleury – Cernak2:55

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Perbix3:48

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. de Haan – Perbix5:13

    xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Kartye – Beniers10:44

    xG 0.58–0.43 (57%)attempts 20–8goals 0–1

  2. Shore – Bellemare – Yamamoto3:00

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Wennberg – McCann – Tanev9:16

    xG 0.27–0.35 (44%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen12:53

    xG 0.19–0.28 (40%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Evans3:24

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Borgen – Evans2:05

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn15:00

    xG 0.68–0.64 (52%)attempts 16–13goals 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.

SEA 2.5 xGTBL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #122 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.41 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 57% of the time.

SEA winsTBL wins

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

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