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Fri, Feb 3, 2012·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

New York Islanders 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI014071912232
OTT08190601124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:47OTTZack SmithSHAssists: Erik Condra, Sergei Gonchar · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:27NYIMatt MartinAssists: PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:35NYIMark EatonGWGAssists: Milan Jurcina, PA Parenteau · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:26OTTZenon Konopka: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:25NYIKyle Okposo: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 18:07OTTMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 9:30NYIRhett Rakhshani: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
32Shots on goal24
2.1Expected goals1.3
56Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits36
27Blocked shots15
5Giveaways13
9Takeaways10

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. bestParenteau – Nielsen – Grabner12:14

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares16:20

    xG 0.53–0.50 (51%)attempts 12–24goals 0–0

  3. Pandolfo – Wallace – Niederreiter6:38

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Rakhshani – Bailey – Martin7:16

    xG 0.11–0.22 (34%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic18:40

    xG 0.67–0.21 (76%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Staios – Streit16:08

    xG 0.18–0.22 (45%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Eaton – Jurcina13:43

    xG 0.54–0.67 (45%)attempts 15–22goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGreening – Condra – Smith5:28

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Konopka – Daugavins – O'Brien5:33

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Condra6:43

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Foligno – Turris14:24

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Cowen16:29

    xG 0.38–0.21 (65%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  2. Phillips – Carkner12:21

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Karlsson17:14

    xG 0.33–0.55 (37%)attempts 19–15goals 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 1.3 xGNYI 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 40/100 · #704 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% 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).