Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings
Recap
written from the game dataThe Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-0. The Lightning scored first and never trailed. The Lightning led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Nikita Kucherov's goal at 19:53 of the second period, which took the Lightning's chances from 71% to 89%. Expected goals favored the Red Wings, 3.2 to 2.3; shots on goal were TBL 18, DET 45. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Red Wings win a replay of these chances 79% of the time. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 45 of 45 (1.000), 3.2 goals saved above expected; Ville Husso stopped 15 of 17 (.882), 0.6 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Andrei Vasilevskiy (45 saves, 1.000), 2. Brayden Point (1 G, 1 A), 3. Nikita Kucherov (1 G, 1 A).
Three stars
- ★A. Vasilevskiy45 saves, 1.000

- ★★B. Point1 G, 1 A

- ★★★N. Kucherov1 G, 1 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
3 goals1st period
1-09:04
2nd period
2-019:53
3rd period
3-017:47
Penalties
1st
- 2:44
Corey Perry · Interferencedrawn by Oskar Sundqvist2 min
- 3:11
Robby Fabbri · Interferencedrawn by Brandon Hagel2 min
2nd
- 5:43
Moritz Seider · Trippingdrawn by Nikita Kucherov2 min
- 17:04
Vladislav Namestnikov · Roughingdrawn by Pius Suter2 min
3rd
- 2:16
Ross Colton · Interferencedrawn by Oskar Sundqvist2 min
- 9:39
Cal Foote · Holdingdrawn by Robby Fabbri2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Nikita Kucherov, 2nd 19:53 — 71% → 89%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.32 G
- All situations
- 0 G3.2
- 1.22 G
- Even strength
- 0 G2.3
- 0.00 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.7
- 0.20 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.2
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 82 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.42 – 3.08
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 18
- Shots on goal
- 45
- 52%
- Faceoffs
- 48%
- 0/2
- Power play
- 0/4
- 8
- Penalty minutes
- 4
- 9
- Hits
- 9
- 29
- Blocked shots
- 10
- 5
- Giveaways
- 7
- 3
- Takeaways
- 3
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
