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Tue, Feb 15, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

New York Islanders 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI0111826032428
OTT11311215011331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:55OTTBobby ButlerPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:07NYIBlake ComeauAssists: Ty Wishart, Jesse Joensuu · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:57OTTRyan ShannonPPAssists: Bobby Butler, Milan Michalek · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:48NYIMichael GrabnerSHUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:39NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Michael Grabner, Kyle Okposo · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:56OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Erik Condra, Zack Smith · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Alex Kovalev scored
  2. 2. NYI Rob Schremp scored
  3. 3. OTT Jason Spezza stopped
  4. 4. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  5. 5. OTT Bobby Butler stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:54OTTZack Smith: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:02OTTZack Smith: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 11:07NYIJack Hillen: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:48NYITy Wishart: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:54OTTErik Karlsson: Broken stick2 min
  6. P2 2:07NYIKyle Okposo: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:14NYITy Wishart: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:15OTTChris Neil: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 2:07NYIMilan Jurcina: Cross checking2 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 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Regin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
28Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals3.5
53Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won48
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
21Hits19
19Blocked shots7
13Giveaways11
8Takeaways5

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. bestJoensuu – Grabner – Bailey2:14

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Joensuu – Bailey7:30

    xG 0.38–0.09 (80%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner7:06

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Konopka – Schremp – Haley5:00

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinek – Hillen12:25

    xG 0.71–0.36 (66%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Jurcina – Hillen2:46

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic11:23

    xG 0.16–0.34 (32%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestShannon – Condra – Smith6:53

    xG 0.63–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 1–0

  2. Kovalev – Regin – Foligno11:32

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Butler8:20

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly9:42

    xG 0.08–0.50 (14%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLee – Karlsson3:13

    xG 0.34–0.13 (73%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Kuba – Lee9:00

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Campoli2:10

    xG 0.29–0.27 (52%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

OTT 3.5 xGNYI 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 91/100 · #86 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.55 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 55% 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).