Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Mar 2, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 57% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11609012137
TBL29211114534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:17TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:51TBLRyan McDonaghGWGAssists: Erik Cernak, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:28OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Brian Gibbons, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:15TBLErik CernakAssists: Alex Killorn, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:27TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Victor Hedman, Adam Erne · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:59TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Braydon Coburn, Alex Killorn · Slap, 0.03 xG1–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:43TBLOndrej Palat: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:42TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:06TBLNikita Kucherov: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 7:12OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:12TBLJ.T. Miller: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 10:22TBLMathieu Joseph: Interference2 min
  7. P2 11:59OTTThomas Chabot: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 16:01OTTBobby Ryan: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 16:24OTTAnthony Duclair: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTBL
37Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals2.8
57Shot attempts67
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits32
15Blocked shots15
4Giveaways11
7Takeaways12

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. bestPageau – White – Tkachuk7:36

    xG 0.44–0.34 (57%)attempts 10–11goals 0–3

  2. Smith – Paajarvi – Pageau3:04

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Tierney – Balcers9:24

    xG 0.23–0.37 (38%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Paajarvi – Lindberg5:32

    xG 0.01–0.18 (6%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot15:25

    xG 0.66–0.32 (68%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  2. Ceci – Harpur12:15

    xG 0.36–0.58 (38%)attempts 13–19goals 1–2

  3. Borowiecki – Jaros11:38

    xG 0.06–0.70 (8%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Miller – Cirelli8:50

    xG 0.61–0.14 (82%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Johnson – Kucherov – Point10:27

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Paquette – Erne – Joseph8:55

    xG 0.21–0.04 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Palat – Gourde9:33

    xG 0.35–0.59 (37%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak13:58

    xG 1.13–0.25 (82%)attempts 22–7goals 2–0

  2. Girardi – Hedman15:42

    xG 0.71–0.69 (51%)attempts 20–21goals 2–1

  3. Coburn – Sergachev14:11

    xG 0.25–0.38 (40%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

TBL 2.8 xGOTT 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #930 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 57% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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