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Thu, Mar 31, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Ottawa Senators 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 72% of the time.

FLA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT183906423
FLA011115012138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:28OTTNick FolignoUnassisted · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:30OTTColin GreeningGWGAssists: Marek Svatos · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:02FLAMichal RepikAssists: Marty Reasoner · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:36OTTColin GreeningAssists: Marek Svatos, Chris Phillips · Snap, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:24OTTFilip KubaAssists: Erik Condra, Ryan Shannon · Slap, 0.05 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:41FLADarcy Hordichuk: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:41OTTFrancis Lessard: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:40OTTJesse Winchester: Holding2 min
  4. P1 7:40FLARyan Carter: Holding2 min
  5. P1 14:10OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 18:32OTTBobby Butler: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 9:13OTTZack Smith: Interference2 min
  8. P3 10:41FLAJoe Callahan: Boarding2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTFLA
23Shots on goal38
1.6Expected goals2.9
35Shot attempts71
29Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
13Penalty minutes9
33Hits35
16Blocked shots3
2Giveaways3
5Takeaways3

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 – Svatos – Greening6:04

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Greening – Butler4:33

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Foligno – Winchester3:11

    xG 0.01–0.19 (7%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Foligno – Smith9:43

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Hale3:26

    xG 0.33–0.09 (78%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Hale – Wiercioch6:08

    xG 0.25–0.11 (70%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Phillips – Wiercioch3:06

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReasoner – Rissmiller – Repik10:07

    xG 0.79–0.13 (86%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  2. Hordichuk – Bernier – Carter10:13

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – Weiss – Bergfors10:10

    xG 0.16–0.14 (53%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Santorelli – Bergfors – Dadonov2:20

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCallahan – Wilson13:09

    xG 0.68–0.22 (75%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. Garrison – Kulikov6:41

    xG 0.29–0.01 (95%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Ellerby – Kulikov7:06

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 0–2

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 2.9 xGOTT 1.6 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 27/100 · #853 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 72% of the time.

FLA winsOTT wins

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

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