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Mon, Nov 29, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 4, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0711038425
OTT1110507123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30OTTNick FolignoAssists: Chris Neil · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:39EDMTom GilbertPPAssists: Sam Gagner · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:19EDMAndrew CoglianoGWGAssists: Gilbert Brule, Dustin Penner · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:48EDMGilbert BruleAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:05EDMTaylor HallENAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.60 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:22EDMRyan Whitney: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:11EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:29EDMShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:29OTTJesse Winchester: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:55OTTPeter Regin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 13:14OTTJesse Winchester: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:06OTTChris Neil: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:02OTTNick Foligno: Boarding2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
25Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won32
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
25Hits12
21Blocked shots16
8Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJacques – Fraser – Stortini4:06

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Penner – Brule – Cogliano10:10

    xG 0.42–0.26 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

  3. Jones – Gagner – Paajarvi7:44

    xG 0.16–0.47 (25%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Eberle – Hall12:57

    xG 0.14–0.47 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Foster – Smid7:53

    xG 0.09–0.13 (42%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Vandermeer – Smid3:15

    xG 0.02–0.11 (17%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Vandermeer – Whitney12:44

    xG 0.40–0.50 (44%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Spezza – Regin9:30

    xG 0.86–0.31 (73%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Neil – Kelly – Foligno8:14

    xG 0.50–0.09 (85%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Ruutu – Shannon – Winchester5:18

    xG 0.06–0.32 (16%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Kovalev – Fisher – Michalek12:48

    xG 0.16–0.44 (26%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Phillips10:52

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  2. Gonchar – Karlsson4:48

    xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Karlsson11:31

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGEDM 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #749 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 64% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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