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Mon, Mar 25, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

New Jersey Devils 2, Ottawa Senators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD0811219051234
OTT161403012314

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:12OTTChris PhillipsAssists: Mike Lundin, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:13NJDAndrei LoktionovAssists: Steve Bernier, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:43OTTColin GreeningAssists: Kyle Turris, Erik Condra · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:05NJDMarek ZidlickyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  2. 2. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
  3. 3. OTT Daniel Alfredsson scored
  4. 4. NJD Adam Henrique stopped
  5. 5. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  6. 6. NJD Travis Zajac scored
  7. 7. OTT Mika Zibanejad scored
  8. 8. NJD Andrei Loktionov stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:21OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:34NJDDavid Clarkson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:34NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:34OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDOTT
34Shots on goal14
1.7Expected goals1.8
67Shot attempts34
27Faceoffs won30
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
20Hits28
13Blocked shots15
6Giveaways15
11Takeaways4

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Clarkson – Zajac10:17

    xG 0.39–0.14 (73%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Carter – Loktionov4:14

    xG 0.18–0.05 (78%)attempts 4–3goals 1–1

  3. Bernier – Carter – Henrique4:24

    xG 0.19–0.09 (67%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Sestito – Pesonen2:50

    xG 0.02–0.00 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Harrold5:36

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Greene10:38

    xG 0.44–0.04 (91%)attempts 16–3goals 1–0

  3. Volchenkov – Harrold9:25

    xG 0.19–0.11 (65%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Latendresse – Turris2:51

    xG 0.46–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Regin – Kassian – Condra4:49

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Regin – Condra3:21

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Greening – Turris11:11

    xG 0.06–0.27 (18%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Wiercioch17:49

    xG 0.81–0.34 (71%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Gonchar – Phillips2:04

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Lundin12:20

    xG 0.21–0.48 (30%)attempts 5–13goals 1–1

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 1.8 xGNJD 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #318 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 53% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

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

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