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Thu, Nov 28, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Vancouver Canucks 5, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 66% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN07410111528
OTT111114014239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:50OTTClarke MacArthurAssists: Marc Methot, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:31VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Chris Tanev · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:16VANDavid BoothAssists: Mike Santorelli · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:06VANJason GarrisonPPGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:22VANDale WeiseAssists: Jason Garrison, David Booth · Wrist, 0.31 xG4–1
  6. P2 18:58OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Joe Corvo, Jason Spezza · Backhand, 0.19 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:31VANMike SantorelliUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG5–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:29OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:29VANDale Weise: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:32VANBrad Richardson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:54OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:56OTTChris Neil: Charging2 min
  6. P2 14:56VANTom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:56OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 6:45VANRyan Kesler: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:22OTTMika Zibanejad: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:58VANDan Hamhuis: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 14:59VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 14:59OTTCory Conacher: Roughing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANOTT
28Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals3.1
49Shot attempts68
32Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
18Penalty minutes18
28Hits47
19Blocked shots12
4Giveaways12
5Takeaways6

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBooth – Santorelli – Weise4:44

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 6–9goals 2–0

  2. Higgins – Kesler – Kassian6:48

    xG 0.08–0.02 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows11:12

    xG 0.45–0.41 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  4. Kesler – Booth – Hansen2:27

    xG 0.07–0.06 (53%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bieksa – Stanton5:44

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Garrison6:11

    xG 0.12–0.18 (40%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Garrison – Stanton6:57

    xG 0.34–0.41 (45%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Ryan – Turris12:06

    xG 0.88–0.26 (77%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Greening – Condra – Grant2:37

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Zibanejad12:07

    xG 0.63–0.55 (53%)attempts 20–9goals 1–2

  4. Neil – Greening – Smith7:15

    xG 0.02–0.06 (23%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Corvo14:31

    xG 0.95–0.22 (81%)attempts 20–15goals 1–0

  2. Gryba – Borowiecki10:47

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 15–3goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Karlsson18:20

    xG 0.89–0.81 (52%)attempts 19–14goals 0–3

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 3.1 xGVAN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #532 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 66% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).