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Tue, Nov 11, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT062811000324
VAN01221211013437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:13VANShawn MatthiasAssists: Linden Vey, Brad Richardson · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:02OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Curtis Lazar, Jared Cowen · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:17VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Nick Bonino, Chris Higgins · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:53OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:36VANKevin BieksaAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:42OTTMark StoneAssists: Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:05VANDaniel SedinGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Dan Hamhuis · Snap, 0.03 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 19:02OTTChris Neil: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:47OTTJared Cowen: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 6:33VANNick Bonino: Tripping2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
24Shots on goal37
1.7Expected goals2.8
42Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
28Hits18
10Blocked shots13
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways8

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. bestHoffman – Stone – Lazar9:50

    xG 0.42–0.16 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  2. Legwand – Neil – Smith7:01

    xG 0.07–0.27 (20%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Ryan – Zibanejad13:25

    xG 0.21–0.62 (25%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Turris – Chiasson14:20

    xG 0.27–0.68 (28%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCowen – Ceci15:50

    xG 0.68–0.33 (67%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Cowen2:15

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Borowiecki5:37

    xG 0.15–0.08 (66%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVey – DeFazio – Horvat3:12

    xG 0.40–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen14:33

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 18–6goals 1–1

  3. Richardson – Matthias – Jensen5:20

    xG 0.26–0.06 (82%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Burrows – Bonino15:24

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev18:44

    xG 1.18–0.20 (85%)attempts 25–11goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa2:57

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Weber13:02

    xG 0.55–0.78 (41%)attempts 8–18goals 1–2

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.

VAN 2.8 xGOTT 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #144 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

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