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Tue, Dec 17, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 68% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT111280702328
TBL2121140915440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:27TBLNikita KucherovUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:05OTTMark BorowieckiPPAssists: Chris Tierney, Vladislav Namestnikov · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:22TBLCedric PaquetteAssists: Yanni Gourde, Patrick Maroon · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:32TBLBrayden PointAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 4:01OTTConnor BrownSHAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Chris Tierney · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:46OTTAnthony DuclairSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:41TBLAnthony CirelliSHGWGAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:23TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 16:32TBLCarter Verhaeghe: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 17:11OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference2 min
  4. P3 9:51TBLSteven Stamkos: High sticking double minor4 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
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTBL
28Shots on goal40
2.1Expected goals3.2
41Shot attempts78
26Faceoffs won32
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
24Hits21
20Blocked shots8
4Giveaways7
9Takeaways13

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Duclair – Paul4:35

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Anisimov – Ennis – Paul4:16

    xG 0.04–0.23 (14%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. White – Beaudin – Brown9:58

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  4. Pageau – Brown – Tkachuk14:04

    xG 0.21–0.51 (29%)attempts 5–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Borowiecki – Chabot2:56

    xG 0.05–0.21 (20%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Brannstrom12:14

    xG 0.39–0.58 (40%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Chabot22:56

    xG 0.67–1.04 (39%)attempts 13–30goals 1–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Gourde – Paquette10:33

    xG 0.74–0.22 (77%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Point11:14

    xG 0.78–0.38 (67%)attempts 18–6goals 1–1

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli14:48

    xG 0.53–0.35 (60%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Point2:46

    xG 0.10–0.00 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak13:52

    xG 0.47–0.08 (86%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Rutta15:09

    xG 0.94–0.65 (59%)attempts 24–11goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Rutta2:31

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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.

TBL 3.2 xGOTT 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #129 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 68% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

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

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