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Mon, Feb 18, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Ottawa Senators 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT090919031230
NJD11704010000131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:19NJDStephen GiontaAssists: Steve Bernier · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:12OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Kyle Turris · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk stopped
  2. 2. OTT Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  3. 3. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
  4. 4. OTT Jakob Silfverberg scored
  5. 5. NJD Bobby Butler stopped
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 3:47NJDTravis Zajac: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:50OTTChris Phillips: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:27OTTEric Gryba: Holding2 min
  4. P1 14:01NJDDavid Clarkson: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 14:01OTTChris Phillips: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:36OTTChris Neil: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 3:13NJDAndrei Loktionov: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 19:47NJDDavid Clarkson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 19:47NJDDavid Clarkson: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 19:47OTTChris Neil: Game misconduct10 min
  11. P3 19:47OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:47OTTChris Neil: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 19:47OTTChris Neil: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 19:47NJDPatrik Elias: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 19:47NJDPatrik Elias: Interference2 min
  16. P3 19:47OTTMarc Methot: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNJD
30Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals2.7
43Shot attempts49
33Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
34Penalty minutes22
27Hits19
8Blocked shots4
4Giveaways14
6Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Turris – Silfverberg13:32

    xG 0.86–0.53 (62%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Neil – Smith – Dziurzynski8:19

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Daugavins – O'Brien – Grant3:41

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Greening – Condra – O'Brien2:38

    xG 0.03–0.07 (33%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Wiercioch14:25

    xG 0.57–0.25 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Gryba14:48

    xG 0.50–0.65 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Lundin14:51

    xG 0.56–0.76 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBernier – Gionta – Carter4:04

    xG 0.45–0.09 (84%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Elias – Clarkson – Henrique5:33

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Bernier – Gionta2:26

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Ponikarovsky – Kovalchuk – Zajac6:31

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Zidlicky4:44

    xG 0.45–0.17 (73%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Volchenkov8:27

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson18:28

    xG 0.29–0.24 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

NJD 2.7 xGOTT 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #418 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsOTT wins

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

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