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Sat, Mar 30, 2024·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New York Islanders 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 79% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1601507128
TBL22108211440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:25NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Ryan Pulock, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:25TBLDarren RaddyshPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Anthony Cirelli · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:00TBLAnthony CirelliGWGAssists: Nick Perbix, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:21TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Emil Lilleberg, Brandon Hagel · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:14TBLAnthony CirelliENAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:32NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 19:05TBLMathew Dumba: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 0:00NYIMatt Martin: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 0:00TBLEmil Lilleberg: Slashing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
28Shots on goal40
1.8Expected goals3.5
62Shot attempts75
27Faceoffs won36
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
35Hits27
17Blocked shots17
3Giveaways6
2Takeaways6

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestCizikas – Fasching – Barzal9:32

    xG 0.29–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall7:08

    xG 0.40–0.31 (56%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Lee – Pageau – Horvat7:28

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  4. Pageau – Horvat – Engvall5:06

    xG 0.12–0.15 (44%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – Romanov12:45

    xG 0.70–0.25 (73%)attempts 21–6goals 0–1

  2. Bortuzzo – Reilly5:37

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Romanov4:46

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKucherov – Duclair – Point13:16

    xG 0.84–0.32 (73%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Cirelli – Hagel13:28

    xG 0.85–0.63 (57%)attempts 21–14goals 2–1

  3. Paul – Eyssimont – Chaffee9:57

    xG 0.50–0.29 (63%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Motte – Jeannot9:08

    xG 0.10–0.34 (23%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Raddysh19:26

    xG 0.99–0.43 (70%)attempts 24–15goals 0–0

  2. Perbix – Lilleberg17:27

    xG 0.73–0.52 (59%)attempts 23–20goals 2–0

  3. Dumba – Fleury15:58

    xG 0.56–0.51 (52%)attempts 16–22goals 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.

TBL 3.5 xGNYI 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #999 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 79% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

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

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