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Thu, Jan 13, 2011·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Ottawa Senators 6, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 82% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT210417011638
NYI181729424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:32OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Mike Fisher · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:23NYITrevor GilliesAssists: Zenon Konopka · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:50OTTJesse WinchesterAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Chris Neil · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:13OTTMilan MichalekSHAssists: Chris Kelly, Matt Carkner · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:31NYIBlake ComeauAssists: Travis Hamonic, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 10:51OTTChris KellyAssists: Milan Michalek · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P2 13:01OTTNick FolignoGWGAssists: Corey Locke, Matt Carkner · Wrist, 0.40 xG5–2
  8. P2 14:27OTTZack SmithAssists: Jesse Winchester, Brian Lee · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–2
  9. P3 1:49NYIPA ParenteauAssists: Milan Jurcina, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–3
  10. P3 10:50NYIMilan JurcinaAssists: John Tavares, Michael Grabner · Slap, 0.01 xG6–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:24OTTErik Karlsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 5:34OTTChris Neil: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 9:41OTTPeter Regin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:41NYIRob Schremp: Diving2 min
  5. P3 8:39NYIPA Parenteau: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 17:39NYIMatt Moulson: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 19:17NYIBlake Comeau: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Colliton won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
38Shots on goal24
3.4Expected goals1.6
59Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won42
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits23
17Blocked shots12
14Giveaways10
14Takeaways20

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestLocke – Shannon – Foligno9:38

    xG 0.86–0.13 (87%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Regin – Smith – Winchester6:55

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  3. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly10:28

    xG 0.54–0.55 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

  4. Alfredsson – Fisher – Michalek14:02

    xG 0.39–0.47 (46%)attempts 6–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Lee13:34

    xG 1.04–0.25 (80%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  2. Kuba – Carkner12:06

    xG 0.28–0.34 (45%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Karlsson19:08

    xG 0.40–0.72 (35%)attempts 10–25goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Moulson – Tavares16:32

    xG 0.72–0.30 (71%)attempts 27–14goals 2–0

  2. Grabner – Bailey – Martin3:41

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Colliton – Schremp – Comeau2:45

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Schremp – Comeau – Joensuu3:36

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinek – Jurcina4:44

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Martinek – Gervais10:41

    xG 0.27–0.25 (53%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  3. Hillen – Hamonic4:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

NYI 1.6 xGOTT 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #210 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 82% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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