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Tue, Mar 1, 2022·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Ottawa Senators 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2708012227
TBL2621214522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:11OTTTyler EnnisAssists: Thomas Chabot, Connor Brown · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:43OTTZachary SanfordAssists: Colin White, Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 7:15TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Brayden Point · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:49TBLBrayden PointAssists: Ondrej Palat, Jan Rutta · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:18TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Slap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:08TBLCorey PerryAssists: Patrick Maroon, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:02TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
Penalties (20)
  1. P1 8:51OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:51TBLCorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:56OTTParker Kelly: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 4:27TBLPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:27OTTJoshua Brown: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P2 4:27OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 4:27TBLErik Cernak: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 4:27OTTJoshua Brown: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 6:06OTTErik Brannstrom: Interference2 min
  10. P2 8:55OTTTim Stützle: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 12:02TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Holding2 min
  12. P2 17:36TBLAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 2:08TBLSteven Stamkos: Interference2 min
  14. P3 14:18TBLAnthony Cirelli: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 14:18OTTAlex Formenton: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 14:18TBLAnthony Cirelli: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 14:18OTTAlex Formenton: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 18:04TBLAlex Killorn: Cross checking2 min
  19. P3 18:37TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 18:37OTTBrady 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% 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
27Shots on goal22
3.1Expected goals2.2
38Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
26Penalty minutes26
27Hits28
11Blocked shots5
4Giveaways3
6Takeaways10

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. bestSanford – White – Tkachuk8:18

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  2. Ennis – Brown – Paul7:58

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  3. Watson – Paul – Kelly2:06

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Gambrell – Kelly7:01

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chabot – Zaitsev13:26

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Holden – Zub13:49

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 5–14goals 1–1

  3. Brown – Brannstrom9:48

    xG 0.12–0.44 (21%)attempts 4–7goals 0–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point7:49

    xG 0.47–0.07 (86%)attempts 11–3goals 3–1

  2. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare7:27

    xG 0.28–0.24 (55%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Joseph8:13

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Cirelli – Raddysh – Colton7:41

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta8:19

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 1–0

  2. McDonagh – Rutta2:50

    xG 0.17–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak13:24

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 3–10goals 1–1

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.

TBL 2.2 xGOTT 3.1 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 70/100 · #467 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% 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).