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Thu, Oct 23, 2025·Benchmark International Arena, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1716112325
TBL01121109231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:41CHIFrank NazarPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:57TBLJake GuentzelAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:16CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Lukas Reichel · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:18TBLRyan McDonaghAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:06CHIRyan DonatoGWGAssists: Frank Nazar, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:26TBLEmil Lilleberg: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:10CHINick Foligno: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 15:46TBLJake Guentzel: Holding2 min
  4. P1 16:43CHIRyan Donato: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 2:36TBLDarren Raddysh: Holding2 min
  6. P3 4:00TBLYanni Gourde: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 8:21CHILandon Slaggert: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:48TBLEmil Lilleberg: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 13:38CHISam Rinzel: Holding2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Foligno
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
25Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts73
20Faceoffs won31
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
18Hits18
15Blocked shots7
14Giveaways12
2Takeaways4

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Slaggert – Dach8:52

    xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Reichel – Bedard7:35

    xG 0.21–0.39 (35%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

  3. Teravainen – Mikheyev – Nazar9:24

    xG 0.38–1.26 (23%)attempts 8–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Levshunov5:03

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Murphy – Vlasic4:20

    xG 0.05–0.03 (61%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Kaiser5:08

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Holmberg8:52

    xG 0.66–0.22 (75%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Douglas – Chaffee – James6:31

    xG 0.75–0.42 (64%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Cirelli – Hagel – Goncalves3:56

    xG 0.20–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Kucherov – Guentzel – Point8:01

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Moser13:09

    xG 1.01–0.70 (59%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  2. McDonagh – Cernak14:47

    xG 0.83–0.53 (61%)attempts 19–12goals 2–1

  3. Moser – Lilleberg2:08

    xG 0.26–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

TBL 3.0 xGCHI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #618 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 54% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

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