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Thu, Feb 2, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT07213310530
TBL051917221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:39TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:33OTTMark StoneAssists: Zack Smith, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:03OTTKyle TurrisPPAssists: Mike Hoffman, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:53OTTMike HoffmanPPGWGAssists: Kyle Turris, Mark Stone · Slap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:46TBLBrayden PointAssists: Brian Boyle, Ondrej Palat · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:22OTTMark StoneAssists: Erik Karlsson, Derick Brassard · Tip-in, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:35OTTChris KellyENAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.62 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:13OTTDerick Brassard: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 0:48TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:20TBLBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:49TBLVladislav Namestnikov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 18:30OTTDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:24TBLOndrej Palat: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:33OTTMark Stone: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 17:07TBLJake Dotchin: Interference2 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
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTBL
30Shots on goal21
2.4Expected goals1.8
63Shot attempts50
24Faceoffs won34
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
25Hits17
16Blocked shots20
5Giveaways8
3Takeaways2

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. bestBrassard – Smith – Stone8:37

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel10:44

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone2:44

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau8:14

    xG 0.20–0.30 (40%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson11:53

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Ceci2:45

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Methot – Wideman2:52

    xG 0.05–0.02 (69%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Kucherov – Namestnikov10:04

    xG 0.59–0.18 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  2. Dumont – Brown – Paquette7:16

    xG 0.23–0.03 (89%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Palat – Point6:55

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Boyle – Drouin10:55

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Dotchin13:47

    xG 0.50–0.16 (75%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Garrison – Dotchin4:14

    xG 0.45–0.13 (77%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Witkowski – Hedman2:24

    xG 0.07–0.01 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 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 1.8 xGOTT 2.4 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 58/100 · #476 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 60% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).