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Tue, Mar 19, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Ottawa Senators 5, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1607410523
NYI1921208329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:23OTTMatt KassianAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Patrick Wiercioch · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:53NYIKeith AucoinAssists: Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:14NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:46NYILubomir VisnovskyPPAssists: Matt Moulson, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:07OTTJakob SilfverbergAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Peter Regin · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:15OTTZack SmithAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Andre Benoit · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:00OTTSergei GoncharGWGAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Guillaume Latendresse · Slap, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:51OTTGuillaume LatendresseENAssists: Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.64 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:29OTTErik Condra: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:14OTTGuillaume Latendresse: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  3. P2 1:06OTTDaniel Alfredsson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 4:23NYIAndrew MacDonald: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:11OTTMatt Kassian: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:16OTTEric Gryba: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 5:10OTTSergei Gonchar: Holding2 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 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
23Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals3.3
48Shot attempts49
25Faceoffs won32
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes2
23Hits34
12Blocked shots15
9Giveaways12
7Takeaways7

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. bestAlfredsson – Latendresse – Smith4:05

    xG 0.54–0.06 (90%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Latendresse – Turris8:24

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Regin – Kassian – O'Brien3:23

    xG 0.20–0.12 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Regin – Silfverberg – Zibanejad4:00

    xG 0.10–0.07 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Wiercioch11:04

    xG 1.17–0.33 (78%)attempts 15–7goals 3–0

  2. Phillips – Benoit8:54

    xG 0.67–0.12 (84%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Benoit3:29

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Boulton – Reasoner – Martin3:17

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  2. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares9:18

    xG 0.52–0.62 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – McDonald – Cizikas10:15

    xG 0.08–0.28 (22%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey12:39

    xG 0.46–1.12 (29%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Martinek – Streit9:37

    xG 0.17–0.30 (36%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic16:35

    xG 0.86–1.00 (46%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  3. Visnovsky – Hickey14:41

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 9–12goals 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 3.3 xGOTT 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 92/100 · #70 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 56% 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).