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Tue, Mar 14, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL11101101213237
OTT014160903132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05TBLBrayden PointAssists: Jake Dotchin, Braydon Coburn · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:35OTTTommy WingelsUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:06TBLVictor HedmanGWGAssists: Ondrej Palat · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 16:47OTTZack Smith: Holding2 min
  2. P3 3:37TBLVictor Hedman: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 18:02TBLJonathan Drouin: Too many men on the ice2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
37Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.5
75Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
27Hits29
19Blocked shots24
10Giveaways14
4Takeaways3

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 – Gourde – Drouin14:08

    xG 0.81–0.19 (81%)attempts 25–6goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Point15:11

    xG 0.70–0.46 (60%)attempts 24–11goals 1–0

  3. Dumont – McKegg – Brown9:27

    xG 0.40–0.59 (40%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sustr10:41

    xG 0.77–0.46 (63%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Garrison15:15

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Dotchin15:15

    xG 0.57–0.61 (48%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Smith – Dzingel11:08

    xG 0.71–0.41 (64%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau3:07

    xG 0.29–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau9:17

    xG 0.17–0.04 (83%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Stalberg – Wingels10:50

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Karlsson2:16

    xG 0.37–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Claesson2:15

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Claesson10:46

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

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 2.5 xGTBL 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 40/100 · #694 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% 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).