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Thu, Nov 4, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

New York Islanders 1, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01009110129
OTT11021116427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:20OTTSergei GoncharAssists: Jason Spezza, Peter Regin · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:47OTTDavid HaleGWGAssists: Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:17OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Ryan Shannon, Peter Regin · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:40NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: John Tavares, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:47OTTChris KellyENAssists: Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.67 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:09OTTZack Smith: Boarding5 min
  2. P2 16:20NYIDoug Weight: Interference2 min
  3. P3 3:26OTTChris Neil: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 12:03OTTChris Campoli: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 12:03NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 12:03NYIMatt Martin: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 19:50OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 19:50NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
29Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won19
2Power plays2
11Penalty minutes14
25Hits20
15Blocked shots17
12Giveaways15
8Takeaways9

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Grabner – Bailey4:51

    xG 0.22–0.09 (70%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  2. Weight – Schremp – Martin3:28

    xG 0.15–0.08 (64%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Moulson – Schremp – Comeau2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Schremp – Martin2:44

    xG 0.03–0.02 (63%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGervais – Hillen8:51

    xG 0.75–0.26 (74%)attempts 11–5goals 0–2

  2. Eaton – Wisniewski3:25

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Martinek – Gervais3:28

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Neil – Kelly10:06

    xG 0.72–0.33 (69%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Kovalev – Spezza – Regin12:01

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Alfredsson – Fisher – Foligno9:24

    xG 0.04–0.11 (26%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Shannon – Smith – Winchester6:00

    xG 0.39–0.51 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Campoli12:47

    xG 0.83–0.41 (67%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips13:29

    xG 0.44–0.09 (82%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Hale – Karlsson10:33

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGNYI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #902 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 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 72% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

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

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