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Mon, Feb 8, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL11301009132
OTT21021118529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:23OTTZack SmithAssists: Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:51OTTShane PrinceGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:25TBLJT BrownAssists: Braydon Coburn, Ryan Callahan · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:41OTTMark StonePPAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mika Zibanejad · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:46OTTMark StoneAssists: Cody Ceci, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:22OTTJean-Gabriel PageauENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.59 xG1–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 7:46OTTBobby Ryan: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:37TBLSteven Stamkos: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:21TBLRyan Callahan: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:15TBLNikita Kucherov: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:59OTTErik Karlsson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:45TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:02TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:02OTTMike Hoffman: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 12:11TBLBraydon Coburn: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 12:11OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 13:29TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 19:01OTTAlex Chiasson: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 17:51TBLNikita Kucherov: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
32Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals4.0
59Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won26
3Power plays6
19Penalty minutes13
23Hits33
11Blocked shots17
14Giveaways11
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. bestKillorn – Johnson – Kucherov7:14

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  2. Stamkos – Palat – Namestnikov8:39

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Callahan – Brown5:47

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Nesterov4:14

    xG 0.26–0.00 (98%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Nesterov2:34

    xG 0.11–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Nesterov5:00

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Dzingel – Lazar6:51

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Prince – Zibanejad7:31

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Turris – Hoffman11:30

    xG 0.37–0.38 (49%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Stone – Pageau7:21

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 3–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Borowiecki – Ceci8:33

    xG 0.31–0.42 (42%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson14:51

    xG 0.41–0.64 (39%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

  3. Wiercioch – Wideman9:47

    xG 0.10–0.47 (17%)attempts 3–12goals 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.

OTT 4.0 xGTBL 2.4 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 26/100 · #931 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 77% 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).