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Tue, Apr 9, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 65% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11309111233
TBL0821214324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:29OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Kyle Turris, Chris Phillips · Tip-in, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:35TBLPierre-Cedric LabrieAssists: Nate Thompson, B.J. Crombeen · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:28TBLVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:21OTTGuillaume LatendressePPAssists: Kyle Turris, Patrick Wiercioch · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:56TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 1:07OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 4:29TBLPierre-Cedric Labrie: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 3:50OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:50OTTPeter Regin: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P2 7:42OTTAndre Benoit: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 9:56OTTSergei Gonchar: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 9:59TBLMartin St. Louis: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 10:54TBLBen Bishop: Delaying game2 min
  9. P2 12:55OTTChris Phillips: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 19:21TBLB.J. Crombeen: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  11. P3 14:40OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 16:32TBLRyan Malone: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 16:32OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 0:00TBLEric Brewer: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 0:00OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTBL
33Shots on goal24
2.0Expected goals2.7
72Shot attempts38
28Faceoffs won34
4Power plays7
18Penalty minutes12
24Hits29
5Blocked shots22
9Giveaways13
5Takeaways3

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Latendresse – Turris11:46

    xG 0.69–0.12 (85%)attempts 22–6goals 1–0

  2. Silfverberg – Conacher – Zibanejad9:02

    xG 0.12–0.06 (65%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Greening – Smith9:43

    xG 0.35–0.43 (45%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Conacher – Zibanejad2:18

    xG 0.10–0.22 (32%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Benoit11:02

    xG 0.66–0.07 (90%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Gryba14:39

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 22–9goals 0–1

  3. Gonchar – Wiercioch9:08

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestCrombeen – Thompson – Labrie7:58

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Lecavalier – Purcell – Killorn9:51

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Malone – Stamkos13:00

    xG 0.22–0.42 (34%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Panik – Connolly4:29

    xG 0.07–0.37 (15%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Gudas4:25

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Brewer – Carle2:48

    xG 0.23–0.12 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Gudas2:27

    xG 0.07–0.03 (72%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.7 xGOTT 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #265 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 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 65% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

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

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