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Fri, Nov 1, 2024·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1150728330
MIN061749522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:15TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:47MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:41MINBrock FaberAssists: Jake Middleton, Jakub Lauko · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:23TBLJake GuentzelPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:37MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Marco Rossi, Mats Zuccarello · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:57MINMatt BoldyENGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:34TBLNick PaulAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Erik Cernak · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:31MINKirill KaprizovENAssists: Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.59 xG3–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:37MINJakub Lauko: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:37TBLMichael Eyssimont: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:11MINMats Zuccarello: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:21MINMarcus Johansson: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:26TBLMichael Eyssimont: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 9:13TBLConor Geekie: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:49MINKirill Kaprizov: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:31MINJared Spurgeon: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rossi won the faceoff against Paul
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMIN
30Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals4.1
57Shot attempts53
29Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
11Hits22
10Blocked shots18
7Giveaways14
3Takeaways5

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 – Guentzel – Point11:47

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Cirelli – Hagel – Geekie8:23

    xG 0.24–0.22 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Atkinson – Glendening – Girgensons6:26

    xG 0.01–0.01 (39%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Paul – Eyssimont – Chaffee6:42

    xG 0.06–0.38 (13%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Moser12:17

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak14:20

    xG 0.34–0.69 (33%)attempts 10–17goals 0–2

  3. Perbix – Lilleberg11:26

    xG 0.10–0.46 (18%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi12:07

    xG 0.46–0.06 (89%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy8:37

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Trenin – Lauko – Khusnutdinov3:17

    xG 0.06–0.01 (81%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Hartman – Lauko – Khusnutdinov2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiddleton – Faber14:40

    xG 0.50–0.24 (67%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Spurgeon – Brodin13:46

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Chisholm2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00 (50%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

MIN 4.1 xGTBL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #307 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).