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Sun, Mar 24, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL052110912327
ANA1801211200232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:49ANARoss JohnstonAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Ben Meyers · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:50TBLAnthony DuclairAssists: Nick Perbix · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:00TBLLuke GlendeningAssists: Austin Watson, Tanner Jeannot · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:36ANAPavel MintyukovAssists: Max Jones, Brett Leason · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:59TBLAnthony CirelliGWGAssists: Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:59ANAAlex Killorn: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 16:49TBLDarren Raddysh: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:58TBLBrandon Hagel: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 4:57TBLTyler Motte: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:20ANABen Meyers: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 13:14ANAFrank Vatrano: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:53TBLMathew Dumba: 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Motte
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLANA
27Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts53
29Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
34Hits21
14Blocked shots17
12Giveaways8
8Takeaways11

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 – Cirelli – Hagel11:15

    xG 0.82–0.57 (59%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Cirelli2:37

    xG 0.25–0.03 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Glendening – Jeannot8:13

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Duclair – Paul – Hagel2:42

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCernak – Perbix2:57

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Dumba15:38

    xG 0.75–0.71 (51%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  3. Raddysh – Perbix2:28

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 4–2goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Johnston – Meyers6:18

    xG 0.66–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Terry – Carlsson11:08

    xG 0.93–0.71 (57%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – McTavish12:42

    xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Jones – Lundeström – Leason7:35

    xG 0.01–0.43 (3%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Zellweger13:25

    xG 1.08–0.61 (64%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Vaakanainen – Lindstrom14:00

    xG 0.54–0.60 (47%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  3. LaCombe – Mintyukov13:47

    xG 0.40–0.68 (37%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

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.

ANA 2.7 xGTBL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANATBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #526 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 52% of the time.

ANA winsTBL wins

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

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