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Sat, Oct 22, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01428213435
OTT0411608128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:36TBLVladislav NamestnikovPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Anton Stralman · Deflected, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:45TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:27OTTChris NeilUnassisted · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:02TBLAlex KillornAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:03TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 2:25OTTCody Ceci: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:13OTTMike Hoffman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:19TBLJT Brown: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:07TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:13OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 min
  6. P3 10:27TBLVladislav Namestnikov: Holding2 min
  7. P3 19:51OTTChris Wideman: High sticking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyle won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
35Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
13Hits18
17Blocked shots15
1Giveaways12
5Takeaways9

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. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov11:58

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Killorn – Point12:59

    xG 0.69–0.38 (64%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  3. Boyle – Brown – Paquette7:18

    xG 0.02–0.02 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Drouin12:49

    xG 0.29–0.72 (29%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman15:51

    xG 0.73–0.42 (64%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  2. Garrison – Sustr14:39

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Nesterov13:22

    xG 0.28–0.41 (41%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Pyatt – Pageau7:37

    xG 0.67–0.21 (76%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Brassard – Smith10:02

    xG 0.14–0.22 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Varone – Dzingel3:32

    xG 0.01–0.16 (4%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Hoffman – Stone10:01

    xG 0.17–0.65 (20%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:12

    xG 0.80–0.27 (75%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Wideman8:09

    xG 0.40–0.31 (57%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Borowiecki – Ceci2:16

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 2.1 xGTBL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 32/100 · #801 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 58% 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).