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Mon, Mar 31, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR1906012040131
OTT1901009011229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:41OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Ales Hemsky · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:03CARJeff SkinnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Mika Zibanejad stopped
  2. 2. CAR Riley Nash stopped
  3. 3. OTT Ales Hemsky scored
  4. 4. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  5. 5. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  6. 6. CAR Elias Lindholm stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:32CARCam Ward: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  2. P2 11:53OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:10OTTEric Gryba: Boarding2 min
  4. P3 4:20OTTKyle Turris: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 14:00CARDrayson Bowman: Hooking2 min
  6. OT 2:49OTTEric Gryba: Roughing2 min
  7. OT 2:49CARNathan Gerbe: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
31Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals3.3
57Shot attempts70
31Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
39Hits29
18Blocked shots9
9Giveaways8
8Takeaways12

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSemin – Staal – Bowman2:59

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Bowman4:25

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Dwyer – Bowman3:06

    xG 0.06–0.08 (43%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Gerbe – Staal3:02

    xG 0.05–0.11 (30%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Liles15:28

    xG 0.37–0.32 (53%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Harrison2:30

    xG 0.01–0.08 (9%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Bellemore10:30

    xG 0.16–0.52 (24%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Michalek – Zibanejad13:53

    xG 1.28–0.46 (73%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  2. MacArthur – Turris – Stone12:48

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Condra – Pageau4:23

    xG 0.08–0.13 (37%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Smith – Hoffman11:55

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Ceci9:15

    xG 1.09–0.21 (84%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Phillips – Gryba14:03

    xG 0.76–0.32 (71%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Gryba2:46

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 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 3.3 xGCAR 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #715 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 77% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

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

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