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Tue, Nov 19, 2024·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 82% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL01001221211335
PIT19160400219

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:05PITJesse PuljujarviAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Samuel Poulin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:05PITRickard RakellPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Matt Grzelcyk · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:41TBLBrayden PointAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Darren Raddysh · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:49TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Victor Hedman, Darren Raddysh · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:58TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: J.J. Moser, Conor Geekie · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:37PITBryan Rust: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:35PITJack St. Ivany: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:39TBLLuke Glendening: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:29TBLGage Goncalves: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:19PITErik Karlsson: High sticking2 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 SOG0PIT
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Malkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLPIT
35Shots on goal19
3.7Expected goals1.7
85Shot attempts38
29Faceoffs won20
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
11Hits15
11Blocked shots22
16Giveaways23
4Takeaways2

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. bestPaul – Cirelli – Hagel6:41

    xG 0.75–0.06 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel4:19

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Cirelli – Hagel – Goncalves2:01

    xG 0.13–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Chaffee – Goncalves – Geekie6:05

    xG 0.30–0.21 (60%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak15:21

    xG 0.78–0.22 (78%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Moser13:50

    xG 1.18–0.69 (63%)attempts 24–14goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Raddysh3:42

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. Nieto – Acciari – Ponomarev6:55

    xG 0.01–0.08 (16%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Nieto – Acciari – O'Connor2:49

    xG 0.04–0.22 (15%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

  3. Malkin – Rust – Bunting10:11

    xG 0.15–0.40 (28%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Puljujarvi – Poulin – O'Connor8:00

    xG 0.30–0.72 (30%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShea – Pickering9:30

    xG 0.52–0.27 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Shea3:53

    xG 0.00–0.00 (70%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Pickering3:35

    xG 0.11–0.13 (45%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

PIT 1.7 xGTBL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #438 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 82% of the time.

PIT winsTBL wins

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

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