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Mon, Feb 20, 2012·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Ottawa Senators 6, New York Islanders 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 50% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT31511225632
NYI0505018028

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08OTTErik KarlssonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:35OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Nick Foligno, Chris Neil · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:03OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Sergei Gonchar · Snap, 0.20 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:37OTTChris PhillipsPPAssists: Kyle Turris, Sergei Gonchar · Slap, 0.04 xG4–0
  5. P3 9:49OTTBrian LeeAssists: Erik Karlsson, Erik Condra · Slap, 0.02 xG5–0
  6. P3 10:57OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Filip Kuba · Slap, 0.07 xG6–0
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:23OTTJared Cowen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:00NYIPA Parenteau: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:11NYIPA Parenteau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 15:11NYIPA Parenteau: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 9:20NYISteve Staios: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:59NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 12:59OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 15:54OTTNick Foligno: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P2 17:31NYINino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 9:49NYIPA Parenteau: Game misconduct10 min
  11. P3 10:26NYIJay Pandolfo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 14:29OTTNick Foligno: High sticking2 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
32Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts44
39Faceoffs won21
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes35
29Hits17
7Blocked shots12
20Giveaways7
10Takeaways11

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. bestAlfredsson – Greening – Turris12:02

    xG 0.97–0.54 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Daugavins – Condra – Smith9:23

    xG 0.55–0.37 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Butler8:27

    xG 0.71–0.80 (47%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  4. Neil – Foligno – O'Brien9:56

    xG 0.15–0.32 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Phillips15:27

    xG 1.06–0.85 (55%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Cowen11:25

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Karlsson14:13

    xG 0.72–1.22 (37%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Okposo – Tavares2:15

    xG 0.38–0.01 (96%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Rolston – Bailey – Martin5:48

    xG 0.43–0.15 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner8:55

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Pandolfo – Reasoner – Niederreiter8:18

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – MacDonald15:11

    xG 0.93–0.57 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 0–2

  2. Staios – Ness14:29

    xG 0.43–0.70 (38%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Eaton – Jurcina12:33

    xG 0.57–0.98 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

NYI 3.4 xGOTT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1152 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 50% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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