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Tue, Feb 27, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Philadelphia Flyers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0511116222
PHI1808515631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:22PHIBobby BrinkAssists: Morgan Frost, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:35TBLNick PaulAssists: Brandon Hagel · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:54PHITyson FoersterAssists: Morgan Frost · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:08PHITravis SanheimGWGAssists: Noah Cates, Garnet Hathaway · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:55PHISean WalkerAssists: Joel Farabee, Nick Seeler · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:34TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:22PHINoah CatesENAssists: Ryan Poehling · Wrist, 0.62 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:41PHICam YorkENAssists: Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:51PHIOwen Tippett: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 3:15PHIJoel Farabee: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 3:41TBLAnthony Cirelli: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:56TBLBrandon Hagel: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 18:08TBLEmil Lilleberg: 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPHI
22Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals3.5
60Shot attempts50
36Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits29
11Blocked shots24
11Giveaways7
3Takeaways6

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 – Paul – Sheary7:20

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Kucherov – Point – Hagel12:43

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 18–12goals 0–2

  3. Glendening – Motte – Chaffee3:10

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Cirelli – Eyssimont – Chaffee8:31

    xG 0.13–0.60 (18%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Raddysh – Cernak3:04

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Cernak2:23

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Crozier5:51

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTippett – Frost – Brink2:27

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Deslauriers – Couturier – Lycksell6:48

    xG 0.13–0.02 (87%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Hathaway – Poehling – Cates11:24

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Laughton – Tippett – Foerster4:45

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Walker13:55

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Zamula12:57

    xG 0.62–0.48 (56%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Sanheim – York14:18

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

PHI 3.5 xGTBL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #687 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 73% of the time.

PHI winsTBL wins

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

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

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