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Thu, Apr 2, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL190100802129
OTT115080813234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:03OTTMark StoneAssists: Kyle Turris, Clarke MacArthur · Wrist, 0.39 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:53TBLJonathan DrouinPPAssists: Anton Stralman, Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:43OTTPatrick WierciochGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Kyle Turris · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:12TBLNikita Kucherov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:58OTTErik Condra: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:23OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 14:23TBLRyan Callahan: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 16:10OTTErik Karlsson: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P1 17:56TBLBrenden Morrow: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 3:13TBLCedric Paquette: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 15:04TBLLuke Witkowski: Holding2 min
  9. P2 19:22OTTDavid Legwand: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 19:45TBLJonathan Drouin: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 9:09OTTEric Gryba: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Namestnikov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
29Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals2.3
56Shot attempts64
38Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
22Hits23
19Blocked shots12
10Giveaways11
7Takeaways9

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. bestPalat – Kucherov – Namestnikov6:34

    xG 0.51–0.10 (84%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Boyle – Brown7:12

    xG 0.10–0.14 (43%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Paquette – Drouin6:54

    xG 0.08–0.13 (40%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Killorn – Stamkos9:50

    xG 0.38–0.47 (44%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Koekkoek2:11

    xG 0.48–0.01 (97%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Koekkoek11:30

    xG 0.56–0.17 (76%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Witkowski12:31

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Hoffman – Zibanejad2:18

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Chiasson – Zibanejad4:15

    xG 0.12–0.03 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Legwand – Ryan – Smith2:16

    xG 0.04–0.01 (77%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Hoffman – Chiasson2:13

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Ceci10:32

    xG 0.80–0.18 (82%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Wiercioch2:12

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Ceci4:23

    xG 0.01–0.18 (4%)attempts 1–4goals 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 2.3 xGTBL 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 39/100 · #702 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +17 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 52% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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