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Thu, Jan 30, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 66% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0718223338
OTT21221016528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:49OTTMarc MethotAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:34OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:10TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:25OTTZack SmithUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:40OTTKyle TurrisGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:55OTTBobby RyanAssists: Kyle Turris, Clarke MacArthur · Snap, 0.22 xG1–5
  7. P3 12:54TBLTyler JohnsonSHAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:08TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Martin St. Louis, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:34TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:57OTTCody Ceci: Holding2 min
  3. P3 4:35OTTBobby Ryan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 11:53TBLMark Barberio: High sticking2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
38Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals3.4
63Shot attempts56
22Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
33Hits33
16Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
4Takeaways14

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Purcell – Killorn4:06

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Johnson – Palat12:12

    xG 0.39–0.42 (48%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

  3. Purcell – Killorn – Kucherov4:28

    xG 0.04–0.09 (30%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson8:41

    xG 0.15–0.31 (33%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCote – Hedman4:03

    xG 0.16–0.04 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Barberio3:28

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Barberio10:42

    xG 0.16–0.21 (43%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Michalek – Zibanejad11:55

    xG 0.68–0.14 (82%)attempts 10–9goals 2–1

  2. Condra – Conacher – Da Costa9:06

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris10:58

    xG 0.56–0.51 (53%)attempts 9–15goals 2–0

  4. Neil – Greening – Smith8:33

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Gryba16:21

    xG 0.67–0.15 (81%)attempts 15–10goals 3–0

  2. Wiercioch – Ceci9:25

    xG 0.35–0.05 (88%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen16:59

    xG 0.68–0.57 (54%)attempts 15–20goals 1–1

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.

OTT 3.4 xGTBL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #318 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 66% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

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

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