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Thu, Oct 14, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0904211224
OTT116113110339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:39OTTMike FisherUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:23OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:20CARSergei SamsonovPPAssists: Eric Staal, Joni Pitkanen · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:59CAREric StaalAssists: Erik Cole, Jeff Skinner · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:03OTTMike FisherPPGWGAssists: Nick Foligno, Ryan Shannon · Slap, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:51CARAnton Babchuk: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:23OTTJason Spezza: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 7:59OTTMilan Michalek: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:58OTTMike Fisher: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 1:28CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min
  6. P3 6:59OTTMilan Michalek: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:56CARJussi Jokinen: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG

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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← CAR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
24Shots on goal39
2.3Expected goals3.4
41Shot attempts62
22Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits19
12Blocked shots8
10Giveaways9
9Takeaways16

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Cole – LaRose – Staal6:55

    xG 0.13–0.10 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Jokinen – LaRose4:35

    xG 0.09–0.12 (44%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Staal – Skinner5:22

    xG 0.74–0.77 (49%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. Ruutu – Jokinen – Skinner6:31

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Pitkanen14:44

    xG 0.87–0.51 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  2. Gleason – Babchuk2:24

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – McBain12:03

    xG 0.42–0.47 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Neil – Foligno9:38

    xG 0.90–0.12 (88%)attempts 18–4goals 1–0

  2. Alfredsson – Spezza – Michalek14:14

    xG 1.35–0.78 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  3. Kovalev – Regin – Shannon8:25

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Kelly – Winchester7:08

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Phillips14:28

    xG 1.32–0.87 (60%)attempts 18–9goals 1–1

  2. Carkner – Campoli12:24

    xG 0.58–0.15 (79%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Karlsson10:30

    xG 0.73–0.33 (69%)attempts 21–7goals 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 3.4 xGCAR 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #394 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 68% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

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

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