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Mon, Mar 24, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 73% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT11421007011432
TBL17114112050338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:57OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Colin Greening · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:07TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Tyler Johnson, JT Brown · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:12OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Milan Michalek, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:56OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Mark Stone, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:26TBLVictor HedmanPPAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Ondrej Palat · Slap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:44TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Ryan Callahan · Tip-in, 0.22 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Mika Zibanejad stopped
  2. 2. TBL Valtteri Filppula stopped
  3. 3. OTT Jason Spezza scored
  4. 4. TBL Nikita Kucherov stopped
  5. 5. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  6. 6. TBL Steven Stamkos stopped
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:33OTTChris Neil: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:05TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:12TBLRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:12OTTColin Greening: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 18:12TBLRadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 18:12OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 18:12TBLRyan Malone: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 3:21OTTErik Karlsson: Holding2 min
  9. P2 11:58OTTMilan Michalek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P2 14:16OTTMarc Methot: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 5:33OTTJared Cowen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 6:06TBLMatt Carle: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 12:37OTTJason Spezza: Holding the stick2 min
  14. P3 19:56OTTErik Karlsson: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTBL
32Shots on goal38
2.0Expected goals3.5
67Shot attempts62
38Faceoffs won22
3Power plays7
18Penalty minutes10
15Hits22
7Blocked shots21
8Giveaways12
8Takeaways11

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. bestMacArthur – Turris – Stone11:16

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Neil – Greening – Smith9:15

    xG 0.25–0.12 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Hemsky – Michalek10:21

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  4. Condra – Hoffman – Zibanejad4:53

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:16

    xG 0.65–0.41 (62%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Gryba – Cowen10:47

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Ceci3:21

    xG 0.03–0.04 (38%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMalone – Thompson – Pyatt7:43

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Callahan – Palat11:54

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Kucherov – Brown7:02

    xG 0.33–0.38 (46%)attempts 7–12goals 1–1

  4. Purcell – Killorn – Stamkos11:20

    xG 0.35–0.55 (39%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Kostka6:59

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Brewer – Gudas3:17

    xG 0.18–0.05 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Gudas5:11

    xG 0.14–0.15 (47%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

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.

TBL 3.5 xGOTT 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 77/100 · #231 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 73% 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).