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Thu, Mar 23, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Ottawa Senators 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 75% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01011514229
OTT21318414735

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:53OTTAlex DeBrincatAssists: Drake Batherson, Shane Pinto · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:37OTTAlex DeBrincatAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:28TBLBrayden PointAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:04OTTDerick BrassardPPGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakob Chychrun · Snap, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:10TBLMikhail SergachevPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:45OTTErik BrannstromUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:11OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:35OTTBrady TkachukENAssists: Tim Stützle, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.78 xG2–6
  9. P3 14:39OTTAustin WatsonAssists: Patrick Brown · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–7
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:26OTTErik Brannstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:29OTTClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:59TBLNick Perbix: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:32TBLPatrick Maroon: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 16:09TBLTanner Jeannot: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:35OTTTim Stützle: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:24OTTTravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:26TBLBrandon Hagel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:26OTTTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:26TBLCorey Perry: 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
49% to win51% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
29Shots on goal35
2.7Expected goals4.4
61Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
18Penalty minutes10
27Hits19
9Blocked shots22
10Giveaways14
8Takeaways15

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Eyssimont – Jeannot6:40

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Kucherov – Point – Hagel12:16

    xG 0.80–0.70 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Maroon – Paul – Colton8:42

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli8:16

    xG 0.31–0.64 (33%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Bogosian10:37

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 16–9goals 1–3

  2. Cole – Perbix2:16

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Perbix14:23

    xG 0.51–0.66 (44%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto11:28

    xG 0.71–0.34 (68%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  2. Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle11:36

    xG 0.88–0.77 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Watson – Brown – Kastelic5:26

    xG 0.16–0.15 (50%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. Brassard – Gambrell – Greig8:31

    xG 0.10–0.38 (21%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zub3:34

    xG 0.31–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Brannstrom – Zub2:28

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Chychrun13:52

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 12–15goals 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 4.4 xGTBL 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #685 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 75% 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).