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Thu, Feb 22, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL2721106424
OTT113011212336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:31TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Chris Kunitz, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:54OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Mark Stone, Derick Brassard · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:26TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:37TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:59TBLBrayden PointGWGAssists: Yanni Gourde, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:11OTTMark BorowieckiAssists: Bobby Ryan, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:44OTTDerick BrassardPPAssists: Mark Stone, Erik Karlsson · Slap, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:25OTTMark Borowiecki: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 4:11TBLSlater Koekkoek: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:45TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:33OTTMark Borowiecki: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 4:19TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:58OTTErik Karlsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 11:07TBLYanni Gourde: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:47TBLJake Dotchin: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
24Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals3.2
48Shot attempts76
28Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits27
28Blocked shots14
10Giveaways9
3Takeaways4

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 – Namestnikov6:58

    xG 0.82–0.32 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 2–1

  2. Callahan – Stamkos – Namestnikov4:39

    xG 0.11–0.04 (73%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Kucherov – Point7:30

    xG 0.41–0.39 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Callahan – Paquette – Erne2:08

    xG 0.05–0.09 (38%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Sergachev7:54

    xG 0.61–0.15 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Hedman3:32

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 2–0

  3. Stralman – Koekkoek3:52

    xG 0.09–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Pyatt – Shore2:02

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene8:07

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  3. Brassard – Stone – Dzingel3:03

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Paajarvi – Dzingel – Pageau3:14

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Chabot5:59

    xG 0.09–0.00 (95%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Harpur2:26

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Chabot5:27

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 7–3goals 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 3.2 xGTBL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 70/100 · #413 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 53% 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).