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Sat, Nov 4, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL11631626638
OTT1709312428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:58OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Jake Sanderson · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:05TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:32TBLBrayden PointAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:57TBLMichael EyssimontAssists: Anthony Cirelli · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:15TBLBrayden PointAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Poke, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 1:17OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Tim Stützle, Jacob Bernard-Docker · Slap, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:38TBLBrayden PointPPGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Tip-in, 0.15 xG5–2
  8. P3 11:08OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Josh Norris · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–3
  9. P3 11:24TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Alex Barré-Boulet, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.14 xG6–3
  10. P3 12:14OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Jake Sanderson · Wrist, 0.14 xG6–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:36TBLAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:36OTTZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:30TBLVictor Hedman: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:45OTTClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:55TBLTanner Jeannot: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 5:36OTTDrake Batherson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 8:14OTTTravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:55TBLTanner Jeannot: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  9. P3 12:14TBLAlex Barré-Boulet: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLOTT
38Shots on goal28
4.0Expected goals2.7
66Shot attempts58
37Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
32Hits19
16Blocked shots16
10Giveaways13
4Takeaways8

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. bestStamkos – Paul – Sheary11:01

    xG 0.81–0.19 (81%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Kucherov – Point – Hagel8:19

    xG 0.72–0.22 (77%)attempts 10–5goals 3–1

  3. Watson – Glendening – Jeannot5:33

    xG 0.26–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Point – Hagel – Eyssimont2:14

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Cernak13:58

    xG 1.26–0.35 (78%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  2. Raddysh – Sergachev13:48

    xG 1.15–0.47 (71%)attempts 18–12goals 2–1

  3. Bogosian – de Haan7:59

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNorris – Batherson – Tkachuk5:16

    xG 0.55–0.33 (63%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle2:34

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Batherson – Jarventie3:15

    xG 0.05–0.04 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Kubalik – Jarventie2:17

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Sanderson3:06

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Kleven – Matinpalo6:23

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Sanderson13:54

    xG 0.23–0.86 (21%)attempts 5–23goals 1–3

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 2.7 xGTBL 4.0 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 80/100 · #317 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 28% (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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% 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).