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Sat, Nov 10, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT21308413634
TBL11131205428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Colin White · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:21OTTBobby RyanAssists: Cody Ceci · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:49TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:39TBLVictor HedmanPPAssists: Andrei Vasilevskiy · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:15TBLBraydon CoburnAssists: Alex Killorn, Mathieu Joseph · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:32TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Alex Killorn, Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 0:50OTTBrady TkachukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P3 8:41OTTColin WhitePPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Bobby Ryan · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. P3 10:30OTTRyan DzingelGWGAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:48OTTMark StonePPAssists: Matt Duchene, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:38OTTChris Tierney: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:13TBLDanick Martel: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:22OTTChristian Jaros: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:55TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:04OTTMax McCormick: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 8:37TBLMathieu Joseph: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:24TBLVictor Hedman: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00White won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTBL
34Shots on goal28
3.6Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts61
38Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits24
20Blocked shots9
4Giveaways5
8Takeaways8

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. bestStone – White – Tkachuk10:09

    xG 0.39–0.06 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Duchene – Dzingel2:06

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 4–1goals 1–1

  3. Duchene – Stone – Dzingel2:47

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Boedker – Tierney8:53

    xG 0.16–0.24 (39%)attempts 3–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Lajoie8:56

    xG 0.49–0.19 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Lajoie6:21

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Chabot6:00

    xG 0.27–0.26 (51%)attempts 4–10goals 2–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Joseph – Cirelli7:53

    xG 0.58–0.27 (68%)attempts 13–5goals 3–0

  2. Johnson – Gourde – Point11:44

    xG 0.52–0.43 (55%)attempts 13–6goals 0–2

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Miller11:16

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  4. Callahan – Paquette – Martel10:43

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh6:22

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Sergachev4:56

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Girardi2:15

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

TBL 2.5 xGOTT 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 95/100 · #66 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 68% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

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

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