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Tue, Oct 25, 2011·RBC Center, Raleigh

Ottawa Senators 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 69% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT0521309011328
CAR0150726060234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:30OTTZenon KonopkaAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Jesse Winchester · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:36OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Colin Greening, Sergei Gonchar · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P3 15:08CARTuomo RuutuAssists: Jay Harrison · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:29CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Jamie McBain, Eric Staal · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  2. 2. OTT Milan Michalek stopped
  3. 3. CAR Jussi Jokinen stopped
  4. 4. OTT Jason Spezza scored
  5. 5. CAR Tuomo Ruutu stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:28OTTNick Foligno: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:04OTTJared Cowen: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:47CARJay Harrison: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:14OTTZack Smith: Holding2 min
  5. P3 17:23OTTDavid Rundblad: Holding2 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCAR
28Shots on goal34
3.6Expected goals2.5
67Shot attempts75
27Faceoffs won30
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
16Hits18
25Blocked shots19
3Giveaways7
7Takeaways7

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 – Greening14:54

    xG 1.06–0.43 (71%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

  2. Daugavins – Condra – Smith11:24

    xG 0.83–0.47 (63%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  3. Neil – Foligno – Zibanejad11:07

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Konopka – Winchester – Da Costa6:11

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Cowen12:20

    xG 0.83–0.23 (78%)attempts 17–7goals 1–1

  2. Kuba – Karlsson20:43

    xG 0.99–0.60 (62%)attempts 24–27goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Rundblad13:14

    xG 0.69–0.53 (56%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – LaRose – Skinner11:03

    xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Staal – Tlusty2:53

    xG 0.12–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Dwyer – Sutter2:46

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Brent – Sutter – Boychuk5:44

    xG 0.13–0.24 (34%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kaberle – Harrison14:18

    xG 0.70–0.66 (51%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  2. Pitkanen – McBain19:06

    xG 0.48–0.79 (38%)attempts 21–19goals 0–1

  3. Allen – Gleason14:49

    xG 0.30–1.18 (20%)attempts 12–23goals 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.

CAR 2.5 xGOTT 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAROTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #285 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 69% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

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

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