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Thu, Jan 24, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Ottawa Senators 3, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 81% of the time.

FLA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11619112337
FLA1701306126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:24FLATomas FleischmannPPAssists: Brian Campbell, Tomas Kopecky · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:25OTTChris PhillipsPPAssists: Marc Methot, Zack Smith · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:28OTTErik KarlssonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:44OTTJason SpezzaENAssists: Milan Michalek, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.67 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:16OTTSergei Gonchar: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:38FLATomas Fleischmann: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:37FLAScottie Upshall: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 12:29OTTJakob Silfverberg: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 15:18OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 6:09OTTMarc Methot: Interference2 min
  7. P3 1:32FLADrew Shore: Interference2 min
  8. P3 1:41OTTErik Karlsson: Closing hand on puck2 min
  9. P3 10:49FLABrian Campbell: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Mueller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTFLA
37Shots on goal26
4.0Expected goals2.0
64Shot attempts50
33Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
15Hits17
15Blocked shots19
2Giveaways2
5Takeaways10

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. bestNeil – Greening – Smith9:55

    xG 0.72–0.11 (87%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Regin – Condra – O'Brien7:21

    xG 0.35–0.02 (94%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Latendresse – Turris8:55

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Silfverberg11:15

    xG 0.20–0.50 (29%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Wiercioch11:05

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips14:25

    xG 0.41–0.16 (72%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson17:04

    xG 0.51–0.57 (47%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Smithson – Fleischmann – Skille2:54

    xG 0.07–0.05 (57%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Parros – Smithson – Skille2:03

    xG 0.06–0.07 (50%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Kovalev – Fleischmann – Santorelli11:06

    xG 0.27–0.37 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Mueller – Huberdeau10:17

    xG 0.11–0.22 (32%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Kulikov10:18

    xG 0.53–0.16 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Kulikov3:02

    xG 0.15–0.04 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Jovanovski – Weaver2:01

    xG 0.04–0.03 (52%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

FLA 2.0 xGOTT 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #421 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 81% 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).