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Sun, Mar 3, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Ottawa Senators 2, New York Islanders 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT06111110040231
NYI11101217052335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:48NYIBrad BoyesAssists: Matt Moulson, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:36OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Neil · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:31NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Marty Reasoner · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:51OTTPatrick WierciochPPAssists: Kyle Turris, Sergei Gonchar · Tip-in, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. OTT Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  3. 3. NYI Brad Boyes stopped
  4. 4. OTT Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:43OTTDave Dziurzynski: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:48OTTDave Dziurzynski: Interference2 min
  3. P2 15:31NYIColin McDonald: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 3:16OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 7:07NYICasey Cizikas: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:43OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 18:12NYIKyle Okposo: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. OT 4:56OTTAndre Benoit: Hooking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
31Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals4.1
60Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won28
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
40Hits33
24Blocked shots16
17Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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. Greening – Condra – Zibanejad2:02

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

  2. Regin – Daugavins – O'Brien8:53

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Alfredsson – Greening – Turris4:09

    xG 0.23–0.34 (41%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Smith – Dziurzynski10:06

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Benoit10:27

    xG 0.71–0.41 (63%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips2:03

    xG 0.13–0.05 (74%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Gryba17:27

    xG 0.40–1.00 (28%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Moulson – Tavares12:15

    xG 0.91–0.39 (70%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Reasoner – Grabner – Ullstrom7:09

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey8:55

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas8:44

    xG 0.19–0.24 (45%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic10:29

    xG 0.82–0.27 (76%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  2. Visnovsky – MacDonald3:22

    xG 0.49–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Hamonic2:22

    xG 0.22–0.03 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

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 4.1 xGOTT 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #85 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.46 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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