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Thu, Mar 10, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Ottawa Senators 2, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT014012213239
FLA07011116134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 11:12OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Filip Kuba, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:50OTTErik KarlssonPPGWGAssists: Bobby Butler, Sergei Gonchar · Snap, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P3 15:47FLAClay WilsonAssists: Niclas Bergfors, Michal Repik · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:09FLADmitry Kulikov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:08FLADmitry Kulikov: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 6:18OTTZack Smith: Interference2 min
  4. P1 7:03FLAStephen Weiss: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 8:34OTTErik Karlsson: Holding2 min
  6. P1 12:54OTTJason Spezza: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:40OTTFrancis Lessard: Charging5 min
  8. P3 2:40OTTFrancis Lessard: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P3 13:37FLAMike Santorelli: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Shannon won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTFLA
39Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals2.1
63Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
21Penalty minutes8
24Hits22
7Blocked shots14
3Giveaways4
5Takeaways6

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. bestNeil – Foligno – Smith10:51

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Lessard – Potulny – Winchester3:25

    xG 0.03–0.05 (42%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Greening – Butler10:19

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Svatos – Shannon – Condra5:33

    xG 0.16–0.26 (39%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson12:03

    xG 0.64–0.31 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Smith10:09

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Lee13:02

    xG 0.12–0.47 (20%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSamsonov – Weiss – Bergfors7:55

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Reasoner – Samsonov – Booth2:38

    xG 0.09–0.03 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Reasoner – Bergfors – Repik2:26

    xG 0.09–0.05 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Hordichuk – Thomas – Timmins4:00

    xG 0.05–0.06 (43%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCallahan – Kulikov2:43

    xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Wilson9:00

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Weaver – Garrison13:16

    xG 0.50–0.57 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

FLA 2.1 xGOTT 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #973 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 64% of the time.

FLA winsOTT wins

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

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