Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 18, 2018

FinalTuesday, Dec 18, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	2	1	2	5		TBL	12	10	15	37
VAN	1	0	1	2		VAN	16	14	8	38

: TBL 63VAN 63
: TBL 3.69VAN 3.25
PP goals: TBL 0VAN 0
Hits: TBL 25VAN 19
Blocks: TBL 17VAN 16
PIM: TBL 36VAN 22
: TBL 54%VAN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at VAN. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Troy Stecher (VAN) played 7:17, −12:48 down on his 20:05 season average over 77 games.

Points
Adam Erne had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:55.Erne
Points
Cedric Paquette had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:00.Paquette
Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:32.Kucherov
Usage
Troy Stecher (VAN) played 7:17, −12:48 down on his 20:05 season average over 77 games.Stecher
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +6 against a season average of 32.3; the win.Vasilevskiy
Goalie
Anders Nilsson (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +6 against a season average of 30.5; the loss.Nilsson
New line
New look for TBL: Paquette–Erne–Martel skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Paquette Erne Martel
Usage
Derrick Pouliot (VAN) played 10:33, −6:43 down on his 17:16 season average over 61 games.Pouliot

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · VAN 63 · TBL 63

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 36% of the game, VAN 35%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VAN

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	VAN
	60	56
	2.54	2.24
	2.38	2.20
	11	8
	1	5
	12	11
	+0.011	−0.011
	36%	35%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Johnson – Kucherov – Point
7:0643% CF
L2Killorn – Miller – Cirelli
7:0560% CF
L3Stamkos – Palat – Gourde
5:1244% CF
L4Paquette – Erne – Martel
4:3267% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
13:0357% CF
D2Girardi – Sergachev
10:5761% CF
D3Stralman – Hedman
9:5352% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Miller – Point
5:1880% CF
PP2Killorn – Johnson – Palat – Erne – Sergachev
0:17
PK1FKillorn – Cirelli
3:27
PK2FGourde – Paquette
2:10
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
3:14
PK2DStralman – Hedman
2:55

Current TBL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson
7:2058% CF
L2Eriksson – Roussel – Horvat
6:3750% CF
L3Virtanen – Goldobin – Gaudette
2:3950% CF
L4Beagle – Granlund – Motte
1:0750% CF
D1Edler – Tanev
15:4154% CF
D2Gudbranson – Hutton
13:4339% CF
D3Pouliot – Stecher
5:4162% CF

PP1Edler – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
6:53100% CF
PP2Eriksson – Leivo – Granlund – Hutton – Virtanen
1:06100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Granlund
2:26
PK2FEriksson – Roussel
0:58
PK1DEdler – Tanev
3:49
PK2DGudbranson – Hutton
1:19

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:40
TBLNikita Kucherov (Brayden Point)wrist0.02 xG
TBL: Girardi, Johnson, Kucherov, Point, SergachevVAN: Beagle, Gudbranson, Granlund, Hutton, Motte
TBL 1 – 0 VAN
9:17
VANTyler Motte (Troy Stecher, Jake Virtanen)tip-in0.09 xG
TBL: Girardi, Stamkos, Palat, Gourde, SergachevVAN: Beagle, Pouliot, Motte, Virtanen, Stecher
TBL 1 – 1 VAN
11:07
TBLCedric Paquette (Danick Martel, Adam Erne)snap0.08 xG
TBL: Girardi, Paquette, Erne, Martel, SergachevVAN: Gudbranson, Hutton, Virtanen, Goldobin, Gaudette
TBL 2 – 1 VAN

2nd period

8:37
TBLAdam Erne (Cedric Paquette, Dan Girardi)deflected0.09 xG
TBL: Girardi, Hedman, Paquette, Erne, MartelVAN: Leivo, Pouliot, Boeser, Stecher, Pettersson
TBL 3 – 1 VAN

3rd period

5:46
VANChris Tanev (Antoine Roussel)wrist0.01 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Stamkos, Johnson, Erne, CernakVAN: Edler, Beagle, Roussel, Tanev, Granlund
TBL 3 – 2 VAN
17:22
TBLSteven Stamkos (Tyler Johnson, Victor Hedman)wrist0.05 xG
TBL: Girardi, Stamkos, Johnson, Hedman, GourdeVAN: Eriksson, Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton, Horvat
TBL 4 – 2 VAN
18:17
TBLOndrej PalatEN (Nikita Kucherov, Anton Stralman)wrist0.62 xG
TBL: Stralman, McDonagh, Palat, Kucherov, PointVAN: Edler, Gudbranson, Leivo, Virtanen, Boeser, Pettersson
TBL 5 – 2 VAN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Point C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.40	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	53	53
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.30	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	53	52
Tyler Johnson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	0	1	0	16:44	—	—	46	35
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	58	63
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.68	1	0	0	14:20	—	—	56	51
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	4	14:07	—	—	69	63
Steven Stamkos C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.41	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	46	36
Ondrej Palat L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.73	2	1	0	15:30	—	—	56	59
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	17	13:33	—	—	48	51
Adam Erne L	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.09	2	1	0	9:55	—	—	43	56
Cedric Paquette C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.08	4	0	7	9:00	—	—	54	65
Danick Martel L	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	2	0	4	6:57	—	—	55	78
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	4	0	23:03	—	—	46	68
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	5	3	2	19:03	—	—	57	69
Dan Girardi D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.28	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	59	60
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	0	2	0	14:32	—	—	52	53
Victor Hedman D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	2	2	22:29	—	—	47	29
Anton Stralman D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:44	—	—	43	25

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	3.25	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.52	1	1	0	21:47	—	—	42	53
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	2	2	21:29	—	—	42	48
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.37	2	3	2	13:59	—	—	55	44
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.88	0	0	0	21:35	—	—	43	40
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	43	28
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	2	1	7	12:50	—	—	58	76
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.20	1	0	4	15:24	—	—	62	67
Nikolay Goldobin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	42	41
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:14	—	—	67	49
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	50	57
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	55	12
Tyler Motte C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	9:36	—	—	46	42
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	4	0	30:05	—	—	54	78
Chris Tanev D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	1	2	0	23:13	—	—	48	62
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.07	0	0	2	20:00	—	—	37	14
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.08	3	1	5	19:44	—	—	44	25
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	2	0	0	10:33	—	—	52	40
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:17	—	—	65	68

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	3.07	59:31

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.