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Sat, Jan 4, 2020·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0727314528
OTT0731407328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:46OTTChris TierneyAssists: Christian Jaros · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:40TBLCarter VerhaegheAssists: Victor Hedman, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:45TBLKevin ShattenkirkUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:40OTTJean-Gabriel PageauPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Tyler Ennis · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:51OTTMark BorowieckiAssists: Artem Anisimov, Thomas Chabot · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:37TBLBrayden PointAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:30TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Ondrej Palat · Deflected, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:53TBLAlex KillornENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.56 xG5–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:41OTTConnor Brown: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:00TBLErik Cernak: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:10OTTAndreas Englund: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:10TBLPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:34TBLRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 19:48OTTCody Goloubef: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 10:55TBLNikita Kucherov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:46OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 16:46TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 5:48TBLKevin Shattenkirk: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 12:01TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 12:01OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00White won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
28Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals4.0
57Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won22
2Power plays4
17Penalty minutes13
32Hits38
14Blocked shots18
4Giveaways9
6Takeaways11

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens7:52

    xG 0.69–0.02 (97%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Point4:47

    xG 0.55–0.07 (89%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Palat – Cirelli2:56

    xG 0.46–0.11 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Palat – Kucherov – Point7:53

    xG 0.36–0.46 (44%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Rutta4:53

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Sergachev9:05

    xG 0.59–0.33 (64%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. McDonagh – Cernak4:46

    xG 0.06–0.02 (72%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Boedker – Balcers5:41

    xG 0.51–0.09 (85%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Tierney – Batherson5:03

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Tierney – Brown – Paul2:51

    xG 0.25–0.06 (81%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – White – Tkachuk9:13

    xG 0.60–0.70 (46%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Chabot2:27

    xG 0.74–0.03 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Englund – Jaros4:55

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Jaros4:01

    xG 0.02–0.06 (28%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

OTT 4.0 xGTBL 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 85/100 · #160 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 61% 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).