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Tue, Jan 26, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

New Jersey Devils 0, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 71% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0601008024
OTT261606318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:12OTTAlex KovalevGWGAssists: Nick Foligno, Filip Kuba · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:42OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Chris Campoli · Tip-in, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:47OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Filip Kuba, Daniel Alfredsson · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 10:18NJDBrian Rolston: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:40OTTNick Foligno: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 17:14NJDAndrew Peters: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDOTT
24Shots on goal18
1.4Expected goals2.4
40Shot attempts45
18Faceoffs won30
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
30Hits36
13Blocked shots9
10Giveaways12
3Takeaways6

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 2.4 xGNJD 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1198 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 71% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

Simulated goal difference (OTT − NJD), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).