Geekie scores the winner as Tampa Bay beat Washington 3-1
Tampa Bay out-shot Washington 30-21. The pre-game price had TBL at 58.2%.
Pucks & Stats Data Desk 3 Oct
1st period: C. D'Astous (TBL), C. Geekie (TBL). 2nd period: J. Sourdif (WSH). 3rd period: J. Guentzel (TBL).
Jake Guentzel led Tampa Bay with 1 goal and 2 assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 21 shots. On expected goals it was Tampa Bay 4.2, Washington 2.3. On the power play Tampa Bay went 0 for 3 and Washington 0 for 2.
Shots30-21Tampa Bay first
Power play0/3Tampa Bay
Lead changes0
DecidedRegulationWinner at 16:30
How it turned
1st period
2nd period
3rd period
Where the goals came from
Washington attacking leftTampa Bay attacking right
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked
How the chances built
Washington 2.35 xGTampa Bay 4.22 xGDots are goals · hover for the shot
Running total of expected goals for each team, regulation and overtime. A steep climb is a spell of good chances; a goal dot above the other line came against the run of play.
The market got this one
Market, pre-game58.2% TBLCalled it
Last season's table60.5% TBLCalled it
Total goals4Under 6.5
What’s next
Washington host Pittsburgh on Wednesday 7 October. Tampa Bay host Minnesota on Thursday 8 October.