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Fri, Oct 17, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL060511902132
DET1120100613231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:02DETAxel Sandin-PellikkaAssists: Dylan Larkin, Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 16:17TBLJ.J. MoserAssists: Victor Hedman, Conor Geekie · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:36DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: J.T. Compher · Snap, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:53DETJacob Bernard-Docker: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:21DETAxel Sandin-Pellikka: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 5:09TBLYanni Gourde: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:16DETMichael Brandsegg-Nygård: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:28TBLAnthony Cirelli: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 4:04TBLConor Geekie: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Kasper
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDET
32Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals3.0
74Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits27
13Blocked shots22
15Giveaways17
4Takeaways4

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 – Point – Hagel5:39

    xG 0.89–0.25 (78%)attempts 18–4goals 0–1

  2. Douglas – Chaffee – Finley5:34

    xG 0.73–0.47 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Cirelli – Hagel – Geekie5:25

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Holmberg10:37

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Moser15:21

    xG 1.32–0.63 (68%)attempts 30–14goals 1–0

  2. Raddysh – Lilleberg10:35

    xG 0.57–0.65 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. McDonagh – Cernak14:41

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Rasmussen – Soderblom4:42

    xG 0.47–0.12 (80%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Copp – Compher – Brandsegg-Nygård9:43

    xG 0.38–0.11 (77%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Kane – DeBrincat – Kasper9:38

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Appleton – Finnie10:36

    xG 0.34–1.14 (23%)attempts 10–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBernard-Docker – Johansson9:49

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Johansson – Edvinsson4:44

    xG 0.03–0.08 (23%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Seider19:00

    xG 0.50–0.80 (38%)attempts 20–25goals 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 3.0 xGTBL 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #709 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 54% 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).