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Sun, Oct 15, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 73% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL03210011224
OTT11721526538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:02OTTVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Ridly Greig, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:00TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Darren Raddysh, Tanner Jeannot · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:48OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:00TBLTanner JeannotAssists: Michael Eyssimont, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:01OTTMathieu JosephGWGAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:53OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Jake Sanderson, Artem Zub · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:17OTTTim StützleENAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Joonas Korpisalo · Wrist, 0.78 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:23OTTMathieu Joseph: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:23TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:33OTTTravis Hamonic: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 5:37OTTTim Stützle: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 15:01TBLMikhail Sergachev: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:53TBLDarren Raddysh: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 0:00TBLTanner Jeannot: 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
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Greig
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
24Shots on goal38
1.8Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts62
34Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits17
15Blocked shots15
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

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. bestCirelli – Eyssimont – Jeannot11:53

    xG 0.67–0.17 (80%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Watson – Glendening – Merela7:18

    xG 0.01–0.03 (31%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Paul – Sheary – Barré-Boulet7:29

    xG 0.17–0.31 (36%)attempts 4–7goals 0–2

  4. Kucherov – Point – Hagel11:16

    xG 0.37–0.67 (35%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Perbix13:15

    xG 0.67–0.43 (61%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

  2. de Haan – Cernak11:28

    xG 0.05–0.23 (18%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Raddysh – Sergachev16:20

    xG 0.47–0.81 (37%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle11:33

    xG 0.91–0.40 (69%)attempts 20–9goals 2–0

  2. Tarasenko – Joseph – Greig11:39

    xG 0.44–0.17 (72%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  3. MacEwen – Kastelic – Kelly5:07

    xG 0.04–0.14 (22%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Chartier – Batherson7:43

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub13:05

    xG 0.96–0.33 (74%)attempts 23–9goals 2–0

  2. Chabot – Chychrun17:42

    xG 0.45–0.63 (41%)attempts 16–17goals 2–2

  3. Hamonic – Brannstrom12:36

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 7–7goals 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 3.0 xGTBL 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 57/100 · #603 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 73% 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).