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Thu, Oct 28, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Florida Panthers 3, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1508218331
OTT01031127528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:02FLABryan McCabePPAssists: Dennis Wideman, David Booth · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:20OTTMilan MichalekSHAssists: Chris Kelly · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:18OTTMike FisherAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:49OTTZack SmithAssists: Ryan Shannon, Jesse Winchester · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:23OTTAlex KovalevGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.38 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:50OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Mike Fisher, Milan Michalek · Snap, 0.08 xG1–5
  7. P3 6:09FLAChris HigginsAssists: Marty Reasoner · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:03FLAMike SantorelliAssists: Cory Stillman, Marty Reasoner · Wrist, 0.38 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:20OTTNick Foligno: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:16FLARadek Dvorak: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:17OTTJarkko Ruutu: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:00OTTMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 15:00FLADarcy Hordichuk: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 15:40OTTAlex Kovalev: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAOTT
31Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals3.8
60Shot attempts49
17Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
21Hits21
10Blocked shots17
9Giveaways6
12Takeaways8

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Olesz – Booth6:51

    xG 0.74–0.36 (67%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  2. Dvorak – Reinprecht – Hordichuk2:00

    xG 0.05–0.00 (96%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Reinprecht – Booth – Matthias2:02

    xG 0.04–0.03 (56%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Stillman – Dvorak – Reasoner7:58

    xG 0.11–0.21 (36%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Kulikov15:25

    xG 1.30–0.60 (68%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  2. Weaver – Garrison16:03

    xG 0.73–0.84 (47%)attempts 19–14goals 0–1

  3. Allen – Wideman16:24

    xG 0.51–0.89 (36%)attempts 14–15goals 1–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalev – Regin – Foligno14:56

    xG 1.18–0.42 (74%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  2. Shannon – Smith – Winchester7:23

    xG 0.22–0.16 (58%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly10:56

    xG 0.29–0.27 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Fisher – Michalek11:33

    xG 0.66–0.66 (50%)attempts 10–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampoli – Karlsson3:10

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips16:51

    xG 0.95–0.76 (56%)attempts 15–16goals 2–1

  3. Hale – Karlsson14:01

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 12–9goals 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 3.8 xGFLA 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #359 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 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 65% of the time.

OTT winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).