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Wed, Feb 23, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Florida Panthers 1, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA071908124
OTT11128215534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:13OTTBobby ButlerAssists: Colin Greening, Nick Foligno · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:36OTTRyan ShannonPPGWGAssists: Jason Spezza, Filip Kuba · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:18FLAChris HigginsAssists: Scott Clemmensen · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:38OTTBobby ButlerUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:49OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Matt Carkner, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.49 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:38OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Ryan Shannon, Filip Kuba · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:49OTTFrancis Lessard: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:49FLADarcy Hordichuk: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:08FLACory Stillman: Interference2 min
  4. P1 6:12FLAJack Skille: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 8:07OTTAndre Benoit: Holding2 min
  6. P1 15:23OTTAlex Kovalev: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 16:28OTTMatt Carkner: Tripping2 min
  8. P1 19:28FLARostislav Olesz: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P2 4:38OTTMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 1:19FLARadek Dvorak: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 6:03FLAScott Clemmensen: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  12. P3 11:31OTTZack Smith: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 13:41FLAKeaton Ellerby: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAOTT
24Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals3.3
56Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won22
5Power plays6
17Penalty minutes15
19Hits21
15Blocked shots15
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDvorak – Weiss – Higgins3:47

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Weiss – Higgins – Olesz4:48

    xG 0.10–0.04 (73%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Booth – Santorelli – Timmins2:00

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Booth – Santorelli7:52

    xG 0.12–0.13 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Garrison7:41

    xG 0.38–0.06 (87%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Weaver3:10

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Wideman6:59

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestLessard – Greening – O'Brien2:43

    xG 0.42–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Michalek – Butler6:59

    xG 0.71–0.33 (68%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  3. Kovalev – Greening – Foligno3:39

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Kovalev – Shannon – Foligno5:10

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Benoit8:38

    xG 0.69–0.09 (88%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Kuba – Campoli9:36

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Campoli – Benoit2:52

    xG 0.02–0.10 (16%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

OTT 3.3 xGFLA 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #830 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 72% of the time.

OTT winsFLA wins

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

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