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Tue, Jan 14, 2014·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Ottawa Senators 3, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

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

MIN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1150829332
MIN03010014027

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:06OTTClarke MacArthurPPGWGAssists: Kyle Turris, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:55OTTErik CondraUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:38OTTKyle TurrisPPAssists: Jared Cowen, Erik Karlsson · Slap, 0.03 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:07MINJustin Fontaine: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:40MINMikael Granlund: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:40MINMikael Granlund: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 11:34OTTJason Spezza: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 9:04MINJonas Brodin: Holding2 min
  6. P3 9:07OTTMilan Michalek: Interference2 min
  7. P3 12:39OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:43MINRyan Suter: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTMIN
32Shots on goal27
1.6Expected goals1.6
51Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won35
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
15Hits15
13Blocked shots11
3Giveaways7
9Takeaways13

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. bestKassian – Condra – Smith7:10

    xG 0.33–0.11 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Michalek – Conacher – Zibanejad8:20

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Greening – Stone8:46

    xG 0.22–0.18 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris10:55

    xG 0.19–0.46 (29%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Ceci12:59

    xG 0.57–0.44 (56%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Phillips – Wiercioch9:35

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen18:11

    xG 0.27–0.48 (36%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Zucker – Coyle11:50

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Fontaine9:24

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Granlund – Niederreiter13:05

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  4. Veilleux – Mitchell – Haula5:33

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Prosser12:04

    xG 0.24–0.09 (74%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Blum8:48

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Brodin20:33

    xG 0.38–0.52 (42%)attempts 16–17goals 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.

MIN 1.6 xGOTT 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1123 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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.

MIN winsOTT wins

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

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