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Thu, Feb 21, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

New York Rangers 2, Ottawa Senators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR01109211031234
OTT11108115032337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:48OTTJakob SilfverbergSHAssists: Daniel Alfredsson · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:44NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Marc Staal, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:35NYRRyan McDonaghAssists: J.T. Miller, Jeff Halpern · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:30OTTMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Colin Greening, Patrick Wiercioch · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  2. 2. NYR Marian Gaborik stopped
  3. 3. OTT Jakob Silfverberg scored
  4. 4. NYR Ryan Callahan scored
  5. 5. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  6. 6. NYR Derek Stepan stopped
  7. 7. OTT Mika Zibanejad stopped
  8. 8. NYR Brad Richards stopped
  9. 9. OTT Zack Smith stopped
  10. 10. NYR Carl Hagelin stopped
  11. 11. OTT Patrick Wiercioch stopped
  12. 12. NYR J.T. Miller stopped
  13. 13. OTT Kaspars Daugavins scored
  14. 14. NYR Chris Kreider stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:32OTTEric Gryba: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:39OTTMarc Methot: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:44NYRDerek Stepan: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 19:54OTTChris Neil: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 9:49OTTSergei Gonchar: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:19NYRBrian Boyle: Holding2 min · PPG

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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
34Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals3.0
70Shot attempts65
24Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
38Hits36
17Blocked shots20
10Giveaways11
9Takeaways3

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestHalpern – Pyatt – Callahan5:19

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Boyle – Miller4:25

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Callahan – Kreider7:40

    xG 0.03–0.22 (13%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Hagelin – Stepan14:43

    xG 0.55–1.13 (33%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stralman – McDonagh16:33

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Girardi17:55

    xG 0.69–0.96 (42%)attempts 14–27goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Gilroy6:59

    xG 0.24–0.64 (28%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGreening – Condra – Zibanejad9:19

    xG 0.69–0.19 (78%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Smith – Dziurzynski11:48

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Daugavins – Grant – Da Costa4:32

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Turris – Silfverberg14:21

    xG 0.36–0.77 (32%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Benoit14:13

    xG 1.22–0.15 (89%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips2:07

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Gryba16:44

    xG 0.55–0.47 (54%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGNYR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #165 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 60% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

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

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