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Sun, Apr 1, 2012·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Ottawa Senators 5, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11331019532
NYI1909012130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:55NYIMark StreitAssists: John Tavares, Matt Moulson · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:40OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Milan Michalek, Sergei Gonchar · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:09OTTSergei GoncharPPGWGAssists: Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:00OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Kyle Turris, Bobby Butler · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:21OTTNick FolignoAssists: Jesse Winchester, Colin Greening · Wrist, 0.45 xG4–1
  6. P3 7:00OTTKyle TurrisPPAssists: Chris Neil, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.23 xG5–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:10OTTJared Cowen: Illegal check to head2 min
  2. P1 8:26NYIMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:26OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:32OTTMilan Michalek: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:50NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:14NYIJosh Bailey: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 5:13NYIMicheal Haley: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:24OTTSergei Gonchar: Interference2 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 20:00Pandolfo won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
32Shots on goal30
4.8Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts50
34Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
19Hits22
11Blocked shots22
13Giveaways10
16Takeaways8

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. bestMichalek – Turris – Butler7:23

    xG 0.70–0.34 (67%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Greening – Foligno – Winchester8:41

    xG 0.50–0.40 (55%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Daugavins – Condra – Smith10:47

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Turris – Butler2:26

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson15:31

    xG 1.18–0.69 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  2. Gilroy – Cowen14:35

    xG 1.12–0.82 (58%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips13:40

    xG 0.78–0.59 (57%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPandolfo – Haley – Martin7:02

    xG 0.55–0.21 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares11:23

    xG 0.73–0.66 (53%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Reasoner – Grabner – Niederreiter7:45

    xG 0.30–0.35 (46%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey9:13

    xG 0.40–0.89 (31%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJurcina – Hamonic2:14

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Staios – Eaton13:39

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

  3. Streit – MacDonald3:37

    xG 0.23–0.15 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 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 2.9 xGOTT 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #824 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 77% 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).