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Sat, Jan 25, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0709012028
DET01311217232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:55DETMarco KasperGWGAssists: J.T. Compher, Christian Fischer · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:32DETMichael RasmussenENAssists: Albert Johansson · Backhand, 0.82 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 7:19DETMarco Kasper: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:28DETDylan Larkin: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:28TBLJake Guentzel: Embellishment2 min
  4. P2 11:21TBLEmil Lilleberg: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:00TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 0:00TBLBrandon Hagel: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:00DETLucas Raymond: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:16TBLMichael Eyssimont: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 9:10DETSimon Edvinsson: Roughing2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
28Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals4.4
64Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits12
9Blocked shots18
13Giveaways16
4Takeaways3

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 – Hagel3:20

    xG 0.13–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Kucherov – Guentzel – Cirelli6:28

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Eyssimont – Chaffee5:41

    xG 0.13–0.18 (41%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Kucherov – Point – Hagel5:43

    xG 0.29–0.39 (43%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Cernak3:04

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Crozier5:10

    xG 0.10–0.06 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Crozier2:57

    xG 0.06–0.10 (39%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – Raymond – Kasper11:46

    xG 0.60–0.26 (70%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Copp – DeBrincat10:08

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Fischer – Rasmussen – Soderblom7:12

    xG 0.24–0.21 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Compher – Veleno – Berggren9:03

    xG 0.48–0.95 (34%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohansson – Edvinsson16:58

    xG 0.94–0.53 (64%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider17:27

    xG 0.62–0.35 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Gustafsson8:35

    xG 0.38–1.09 (26%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

DET 4.4 xGTBL 3.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1235 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

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

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