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Wed, Apr 2, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Islanders 2, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 62% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1140617227
OTT01307116136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:09NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Matt Donovan · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:41OTTMilan MichalekPPAssists: Chris Neil, Patrick Wiercioch · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:31NYICasey CizikasPPGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:30NYIThomas Hickey: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:13NYICalvin de Haan: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:55OTTMark Stone: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:21OTTZack Smith: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:38OTTMika Zibanejad: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:30NYIRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:17NYIJohan Sundstrom: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 8:14OTTEric Gryba: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 19:57NYIBrock Nelson: Hooking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
27Shots on goal36
2.9Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts86
19Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
24Hits21
25Blocked shots12
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways11

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Martin – Strome10:21

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  2. Cizikas – Sundstrom – Halmo8:12

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Nelson – Persson9:11

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Bailey – Lee10:14

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Donovan13:53

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – de Haan16:24

    xG 0.28–0.42 (40%)attempts 10–24goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Czuczman14:17

    xG 0.16–0.70 (18%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Michalek – Zibanejad11:45

    xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Turris – Stone12:16

    xG 0.45–0.36 (55%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Condra – Pageau4:35

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Smith – Hoffman11:22

    xG 0.28–0.51 (36%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson17:16

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  2. Wiercioch – Ceci4:11

    xG 0.08–0.05 (59%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Ceci7:26

    xG 0.16–0.15 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 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 3.6 xGNYI 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #758 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 62% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

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

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