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Sat, Jan 31, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Arizona Coyotes 2, Ottawa Senators 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI16016115237
OTT18210413731

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:40ARIZbynek MichalekUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:09OTTMike HoffmanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:51OTTMilan MichalekAssists: David Legwand, Marc Methot · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:54OTTMark StoneGWGAssists: Marc Methot, David Legwand · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:57OTTBobby RyanAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:17OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–5
  7. P3 5:16ARISam GagnerAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Keith Yandle · Deflected, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P3 11:52OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Mark Stone, Marc Methot · Slap, 0.03 xG2–6
  9. P3 18:33OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–7
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:19ARIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 2:49ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  3. P1 8:47OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:47ARIB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 10:27ARIDavid Moss: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 16:43ARIMike Smith: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  7. P1 19:06ARIMartin Erat: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 2:53OTTChris Neil: Holding2 min
  9. P2 19:28OTTMarc Methot: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 6:14OTTMark Borowiecki: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 18:12ARIBrendan Shinnimin: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 18:12OTTMilan Michalek: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIOTT
37Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals3.5
60Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won43
3Power plays5
17Penalty minutes13
20Hits27
16Blocked shots16
8Giveaways10
5Takeaways8

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Vermette – Rieder8:14

    xG 0.23–0.07 (75%)attempts 10–3goals 1–1

  2. Moss – Chipchura – McMillan7:35

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  3. Crombeen – Shinnimin – Lessio10:18

    xG 0.14–0.45 (24%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  4. Erat – Korpikoski – Gagner8:56

    xG 0.20–0.54 (27%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Stone15:47

    xG 0.54–0.37 (59%)attempts 17–12goals 1–2

  2. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson13:12

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Campbell – Murphy11:40

    xG 0.16–0.64 (20%)attempts 8–15goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Ryan – Zibanejad9:14

    xG 0.47–0.34 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  2. Neil – Condra – Pageau7:34

    xG 0.15–0.04 (78%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Legwand – Michalek – Stone9:25

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 2–1

  4. Turris – Hoffman – Lazar10:33

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:34

    xG 0.80–0.32 (72%)attempts 18–14goals 3–2

  2. Cowen – Ceci10:05

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Phillips – Borowiecki12:15

    xG 0.10–0.39 (20%)attempts 6–15goals 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 3.5 xGARI 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #642 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 69% of the time.

OTT winsARI wins

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

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