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Mon, Feb 7, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 65% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT012210011233
VAN25113112430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:50VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin, Christian Ehrhoff · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:00VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mason Raymond, Mikael Samuelsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:12VANMikael SamuelssonGWGAssists: Ryan Kesler, Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:30OTTNick FolignoAssists: Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:17OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Chris Phillips · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:28VANMikael SamuelssonENAssists: Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.51 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:18VANAaron Rome: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 13:40VANAlexandre Burrows: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 16:33OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:33VANAaron Rome: Instigator2 min
  5. P1 16:33VANAaron Rome: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:33VANAaron Rome: Misconduct10 min
  7. P2 13:42VANRaffi Torres: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 16:39OTTChris Phillips: Interference2 min
  9. P2 0:00VANAndrew Alberts: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 6:23OTTNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 9:04OTTMike Fisher: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Malhotra
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
33Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals3.9
57Shot attempts53
21Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes25
18Hits24
15Blocked shots12
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways7

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. bestAlfredsson – Spezza – Foligno9:17

    xG 0.83–0.37 (69%)attempts 11–10goals 2–2

  2. Shannon – Smith – Winchester2:36

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kovalev – Fisher – Michalek2:00

    xG 0.12–0.15 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Fisher – Neil – Kelly2:43

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Karlsson12:18

    xG 0.87–0.47 (65%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1

  2. Kuba – Lee8:36

    xG 0.50–0.19 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Lee2:38

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows9:52

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen10:54

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond8:58

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 13–9goals 2–1

  4. Tambellini – Glass – Hodgson4:44

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Alberts11:18

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa15:30

    xG 0.60–0.49 (55%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  3. Hamhuis – Rome4:02

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

VAN 3.9 xGOTT 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #428 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 65% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).