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Thu, Mar 28, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

New York Rangers 0, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR04010010024
OTT0911228329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:11OTTAndre BenoitPPGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Chris Neil · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 12:16OTTGuillaume LatendresseAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Jakob Silfverberg · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:58OTTColin GreeningENAssists: Chris Neil, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.68 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:20OTTEric Gryba: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:10NYRRoman Hamrlik: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:36OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:48NYRAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:48OTTJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:45OTTErik Condra: High sticking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
24Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
20Hits32
16Blocked shots18
5Giveaways10
5Takeaways9

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. bestBoyle – Callahan – Miller5:52

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Hagelin – Stepan11:00

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Gaborik – Kreider4:52

    xG 0.13–0.10 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Boyle – Kreider3:08

    xG 0.01–0.09 (14%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamrlik – Stralman11:55

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Eminger – McDonagh15:55

    xG 0.61–0.61 (50%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – McDonagh2:19

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGreening – Condra – O'Brien2:25

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Latendresse – Silfverberg – Zibanejad6:51

    xG 0.27–0.05 (86%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Alfredsson – Turris – Hoffman12:57

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Condra – Smith5:29

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Benoit16:54

    xG 0.63–0.40 (61%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Gryba15:16

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Wiercioch11:44

    xG 0.32–0.51 (39%)attempts 15–12goals 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.

OTT 2.7 xGNYR 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #647 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 70% 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).