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Sat, Jan 10, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Ottawa Senators 5, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 79% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT21211229533
ARI19011012132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:31ARIMikkel BoedkerAssists: Sam Gagner, Lucas Lessio · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:08OTTMilan MichalekPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:09OTTClarke MacArthurGWGAssists: Kyle Turris, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:21OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:26OTTCody CeciPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Clarke MacArthur · Slap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:53OTTDavid LegwandUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:23ARIMartin Erat: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:29OTTMarc Methot: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:29ARIChris Summers: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 3:00OTTJared Cowen: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:15OTTMilan Michalek: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:40ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:40OTTMika Zibanejad: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 19:27ARILucas Lessio: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 5:58OTTCurtis Lazar: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P3 15:46ARIJoe Vitale: Holding2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chipchura won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTARI
33Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals1.7
56Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won33
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
20Hits39
11Blocked shots14
3Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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. bestCondra – Pageau – Lazar2:24

    xG 0.42–0.07 (86%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Ryan – Hoffman2:20

    xG 0.25–0.05 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Condra – Zibanejad – Lazar5:16

    xG 0.25–0.09 (73%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Turris – Chiasson8:36

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCowen – Ceci11:23

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Phillips – Gryba8:39

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Methot – Gryba2:04

    xG 0.06–0.05 (54%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Vitale – McMillan5:21

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  2. Doan – Erat – Vermette5:44

    xG 0.15–0.08 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Boedker – Rieder3:58

    xG 0.07–0.03 (71%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Chipchura – Korpikoski2:59

    xG 0.03–0.16 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson11:07

    xG 0.54–0.49 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Stone2:07

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Gormley – Murphy11:36

    xG 0.23–0.44 (35%)attempts 8–14goals 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.

ARI 1.7 xGOTT 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #779 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 79% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).