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Sat, Jan 6, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL013320015348
OTT312010311633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:48OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Mark Stone · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:51OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Bobby Ryan · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:04OTTZack SmithAssists: Erik Karlsson, Johnny Oduya · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 0:26TBLVictor HedmanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:41TBLSlater KoekkoekAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:57TBLYanni GourdePPAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Tyler Johnson · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:44OTTMark StoneGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Thomas Chabot · Snap, 0.21 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:57OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:08OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:09OTTMike Hoffman: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:40OTTGabriel Dumont: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:47TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:12TBLMikhail Sergachev: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 10:32OTTZack Smith: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:32TBLNikita Kucherov: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 15:40OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:42TBLRyan Callahan: Holding2 min
  9. P2 19:46OTTJohnny Oduya: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:54TBLJake Dotchin: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 14:54OTTDerick Brassard: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:27OTTBen Harpur: Slashing2 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 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Paquette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
48Shots on goal33
4.4Expected goals2.8
93Shot attempts55
38Faceoffs won42
5Power plays3
10Penalty minutes14
22Hits26
12Blocked shots22
8Giveaways10
0Takeaways6

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 – Conacher – Gourde7:56

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov10:48

    xG 0.53–0.54 (49%)attempts 16–12goals 0–2

  3. Johnson – Palat – Point10:01

    xG 0.40–0.51 (44%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  4. Kunitz – Callahan – Paquette8:18

    xG 0.35–0.68 (34%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hedman – Dotchin17:09

    xG 0.78–0.91 (46%)attempts 26–22goals 1–1

  2. Girardi – Koekkoek9:43

    xG 0.34–0.48 (42%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

  3. Stralman – Sergachev10:02

    xG 0.32–0.76 (30%)attempts 14–8goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Stone – Dzingel8:46

    xG 1.01–0.77 (57%)attempts 19–17goals 3–1

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene8:42

    xG 0.48–0.37 (57%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  3. Burrows – Dumont – White6:06

    xG 0.37–0.28 (57%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau9:18

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 5–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Chabot9:34

    xG 0.87–0.18 (83%)attempts 19–8goals 2–0

  2. Oduya – Karlsson6:06

    xG 0.57–0.47 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  3. Oduya – Harpur3:09

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

OTT 2.8 xGTBL 4.4 xG
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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 91/100 · #126 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 72% 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).