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Fri, Jan 24, 2025·United Center, Chicago

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 81% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL11211011711440
CHI25180100314

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:59TBLMitchell ChaffeePPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:29CHIColton DachAssists: Ryan Donato, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:47CHIFrank NazarAssists: Connor Bedard · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:59CHILouis CrevierAssists: Frank Nazar, Lukas Reichel · Snap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:52TBLNick PaulAssists: Victor Hedman, Brandon Hagel · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:18TBLJake GuentzelPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:58TBLNikita KucherovPPGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Jake Guentzel · Slap, 0.10 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:35CHIColton Dach: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:55TBLDarren Raddysh: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:12TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 17:34CHIAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:56CHITeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCHI
40Shots on goal14
3.9Expected goals1.9
64Shot attempts42
23Faceoffs won20
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits17
12Blocked shots10
18Giveaways13
7Takeaways5

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. bestGuentzel – Cirelli – Hagel3:42

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Cirelli – Hagel – Eyssimont4:42

    xG 0.32–0.08 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Kucherov – Paul – Point3:52

    xG 0.11–0.01 (91%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Girgensons – Paul – Geekie8:03

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Crozier12:17

    xG 0.98–0.60 (62%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  2. McDonagh – Raddysh5:36

    xG 0.26–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Crozier – Lilleberg4:54

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Donato – Kurashev9:04

    xG 0.69–0.27 (72%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev11:31

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Reichel – Dach7:56

    xG 0.13–0.25 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard13:12

    xG 0.40–0.94 (30%)attempts 7–23goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Del Mastro13:54

    xG 0.59–0.34 (63%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Crevier14:24

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  3. Martinez – Brodie2:21

    xG 0.01–0.16 (6%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

CHI 1.9 xGTBL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHITBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #199 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 81% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

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

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