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Sat, Dec 14, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 74% of the time.

SEA winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL21001338531
SEA180806122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:24SEABrandon MontourPPAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Shane Wright · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:16TBLBrandon HagelAssists: Nick Perbix · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:21TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Darren Raddysh, Jake Guentzel · Snap, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:03TBLJake GuentzelPPAssists: Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov · Bat, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:08TBLBrandon HagelENAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.73 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:38TBLDeclan CarlileAssists: Luke Glendening, Michael Eyssimont · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:34TBLEmil Lilleberg: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:20SEAChandler Stephenson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:42SEARyker Evans: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 2:58SEAVince Dunn: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:49TBLDarren Raddysh: 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 SOG0SEA
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLSEA
31Shots on goal22
4.1Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts53
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
15Hits33
17Blocked shots15
11Giveaways11
10Takeaways2

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 – Point11:36

    xG 1.16–0.68 (63%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Paul – Chaffee – Goncalves10:03

    xG 0.59–0.15 (80%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Girgensons – Eyssimont6:22

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Cirelli – Hagel – Geekie10:29

    xG 0.28–0.86 (25%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Raddysh2:10

    xG 0.66–0.03 (96%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Perbix – Lilleberg17:21

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak13:13

    xG 0.77–0.74 (51%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestBjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright10:38

    xG 1.14–0.42 (73%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Schwartz – Beniers – Winterton2:14

    xG 0.02–0.02 (49%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Stephenson – Burakovsky – McCann11:21

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Stephens – Kartye – Winterton7:39

    xG 0.16–0.43 (27%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorgen – Evans13:48

    xG 1.08–0.81 (57%)attempts 18–14goals 0–2

  2. Larsson – Oleksiak2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Dunn13:01

    xG 0.54–0.55 (50%)attempts 13–11goals 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.

SEA 2.6 xGTBL 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEATBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #940 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 74% of the time.

SEA winsTBL wins

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

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