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Sat, Nov 29, 2014·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1908010127
TBL05112315432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:13OTTDavid LegwandPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:13TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Steven Stamkos, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:16TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Ryan Callahan · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:09TBLBrenden MorrowAssists: Cedric Paquette · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:53TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Jason Garrison · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:54OTTMilan Michalek: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:42TBLRadko Gudas: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:57TBLOndrej Palat: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 17:22OTTClarke MacArthur: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 9:54OTTClarke MacArthur: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTBL
27Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits28
17Blocked shots11
7Giveaways12
3Takeaways8

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 – Stone2:02

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Greening – Zibanejad11:36

    xG 0.54–0.57 (49%)attempts 15–12goals 0–2

  3. MacArthur – Turris – Chiasson8:57

    xG 0.07–0.21 (24%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Neil – Condra12:03

    xG 0.06–0.21 (22%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wiercioch3:34

    xG 0.42–0.13 (76%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Wiercioch10:06

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Karlsson16:37

    xG 0.44–0.57 (43%)attempts 7–20goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Connolly – Drouin11:43

    xG 0.56–0.22 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos11:46

    xG 0.45–0.28 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  3. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov10:00

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Boyle – Paquette9:33

    xG 0.13–0.30 (31%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman14:10

    xG 0.55–0.22 (72%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Garrison – Sustr15:07

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Carle – Stralman2:12

    xG 0.13–0.16 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

TBL 2.5 xGOTT 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #808 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 66% 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).