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Sun, Nov 4, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL0811422112445
OTT213081400325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:55OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Mark Stone, Thomas Chabot · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:49OTTMaxime LajoiePPAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:38TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Adam Erne · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:04TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:16OTTCody CeciAssists: Chris Tierney, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:33TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:14TBLYanni GourdeGWGAssists: Brayden Point, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.42 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:32TBLMikhail Sergachev: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:15OTTChris Tierney: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:05TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:48OTTMark Borowiecki: Interference2 min
  5. P2 5:00TBLAdam Erne: Interference2 min
  6. P3 18:20OTTMikkel Boedker: Slashing2 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 20:00Point won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
45Shots on goal25
3.7Expected goals3.2
85Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
32Hits17
21Blocked shots24
12Giveaways15
5Takeaways5

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 – Joseph – Cirelli10:48

    xG 1.11–0.35 (76%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Miller12:01

    xG 0.60–0.12 (83%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Gourde – Point11:12

    xG 0.19–0.24 (45%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Callahan – Paquette – Erne10:57

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sergachev13:54

    xG 1.22–0.18 (87%)attempts 30–11goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – McDonagh19:43

    xG 1.07–0.37 (74%)attempts 28–14goals 1–0

  3. Girardi – Koekkoek12:48

    xG 0.40–0.48 (45%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Pyatt – Paajarvi – White10:12

    xG 0.28–0.34 (45%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – McCormick – Paul3:17

    xG 0.04–0.26 (13%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  3. Duchene – Stone – Dzingel14:18

    xG 0.23–0.61 (27%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Boedker – Tierney11:39

    xG 0.43–0.96 (31%)attempts 8–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Chabot2:12

    xG 0.30–0.06 (82%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Jaros11:12

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Chabot13:52

    xG 0.32–0.93 (26%)attempts 13–20goals 0–1

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 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #68 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +64 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 60% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

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

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