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Sat, Feb 12, 2011·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Ottawa Senators 5, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2609310525
EDM161517318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:51OTTBobby ButlerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:45EDMAndrew CoglianoAssists: Jordan Eberle, Kurtis Foster · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:27OTTAlex KovalevAssists: Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:11EDMDustin PennerAssists: Ales Hemsky · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:03OTTMilan MichalekPPAssists: Bobby Butler, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:10OTTPeter ReginGWGAssists: Alex Kovalev, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:39EDMDustin PennerAssists: Ales Hemsky, Linus Omark · Snap, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:37OTTAlex KovalevENAssists: Jason Spezza, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.49 xG5–3
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 7:55EDMJim Vandermeer: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:48EDMDustin Penner: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:30OTTJim O'Brien: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:03EDMKurtis Foster: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:34OTTJason Spezza: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:34OTTJason Spezza: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 11:34EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 11:34EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 11:34OTTMilan Michalek: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 11:34OTTMilan Michalek: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 11:34EDMColin Fraser: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 11:34EDMColin Fraser: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 13:37EDMNikolai Khabibulin: Tripping2 min
  14. P2 13:37EDMNikolai Khabibulin: Roughing2 min
  15. P2 13:37EDMTheo Peckham: Roughing2 min
  16. P2 13:37OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 4:24EDMJean-Francois Jacques: High sticking2 min
  18. P3 7:11EDMAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min · PPG
  19. P3 8:06OTTZack Smith: Slashing2 min
  20. P3 9:07OTTBrian Lee: Holding2 min
  21. P3 15:34OTTBrian Lee: Tripping2 min
  22. P3 19:17OTTJason Spezza: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Penner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTEDM
25Shots on goal18
2.7Expected goals1.8
50Shot attempts39
26Faceoffs won24
7Power plays5
22Penalty minutes24
11Hits18
10Blocked shots16
19Giveaways28
10Takeaways9

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. bestSpezza – Michalek – Butler8:25

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  2. Ruutu – Shannon – O'Brien3:51

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Kelly – Smith10:06

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Kovalev – Regin – Foligno10:07

    xG 0.34–0.52 (40%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Karlsson10:26

    xG 0.24–0.04 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Kuba – Lee7:31

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  3. Phillips – Lee2:30

    xG 0.03–0.08 (27%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Eberle – Hall8:58

    xG 0.44–0.12 (78%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Jacques – Fraser – Jones4:30

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Penner – Reddox6:21

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  4. Gagner – Omark – Paajarvi7:53

    xG 0.23–0.30 (44%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVandermeer – Foster8:24

    xG 0.25–0.08 (76%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Smid – Petry9:42

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 8–7goals 1–2

  3. Gilbert – Peckham11:48

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

EDM 1.8 xGOTT 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #247 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 68% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

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

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