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Thu, Mar 20, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL21111027528
OTT210110111431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:23TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Victor Hedman, Tyler Johnson · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:44OTTClarke MacArthurSHAssists: Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:38TBLTeddy PurcellAssists: Victor Hedman, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:07OTTErik KarlssonPPAssists: Mike Hoffman, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:43TBLValtteri FilppulaPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Sami Salo · Wrist, 0.44 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:32OTTAles HemskyAssists: Milan Michalek · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:48TBLEric BrewerAssists: JT Brown, Alex Killorn · Backhand, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 11:58TBLRyan CallahanPPGWGAssists: Ondrej Palat, Sami Salo · Slap, 0.07 xG5–3
  9. P3 17:08OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.13 xG5–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:34OTTErik Condra: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:35TBLMatt Carle: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:32OTTMilan Michalek: Holding2 min
  4. P1 13:04TBLNate Thompson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:33OTTCody Ceci: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 19:06OTTClarke MacArthur: Cross checking2 min
  7. P1 19:35TBLRyan Callahan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 4:57OTTBobby Ryan: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 19:26TBLRyan Callahan: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 7:41OTTClarke MacArthur: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 7:41TBLRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 11:04OTTZack Smith: Slashing2 min · PPG
  13. P3 19:04TBLRyan Callahan: Slashing2 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 20:00Stamkos won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
28Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals3.3
37Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won27
6Power plays5
12Penalty minutes14
22Hits35
16Blocked shots7
7Giveaways13
7Takeaways8

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. Filppula – Callahan – Palat8:50

    xG 0.03–0.12 (19%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson4:56

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Purcell – Stamkos – Johnson9:31

    xG 0.39–0.64 (38%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Panik – Brown8:35

    xG 0.09–0.57 (14%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Kostka7:48

    xG 0.11–0.05 (67%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Gudas2:34

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Brewer2:02

    xG 0.04–0.13 (25%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Michalek9:47

    xG 0.98–0.15 (86%)attempts 18–5goals 1–1

  2. Condra – Hoffman – Zibanejad8:09

    xG 0.47–0.17 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Greening – Smith7:00

    xG 0.02–0.01 (74%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris8:58

    xG 0.18–0.26 (42%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:51

    xG 1.27–0.22 (85%)attempts 23–6goals 0–2

  2. Phillips – Ceci7:41

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Cowen10:06

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

OTT 3.3 xGTBL 3.1 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 82/100 · #183 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 54% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).