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Tue, Mar 17, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Ottawa Senators 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT071160713233
CAR190601803136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:59CARElias LindholmAssists: Jeff Skinner, John-Michael Liles · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:22OTTPatrick WierciochPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mika Zibanejad · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:46OTTMark StoneGWGAssists: Kyle Turris, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:44CARBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:44OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:09OTTMilan Michalek: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:17CARBrad Malone: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 12:54CARJustin Faulk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:49OTTErik Condra: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:49CARRon Hainsey: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 3:49OTTMike Hoffman: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 8:21CARAlexander Semin: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 17:28CARNathan Gerbe: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 17:28OTTMilan 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rask won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCAR
33Shots on goal36
4.0Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts67
31Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
13Penalty minutes15
33Hits38
15Blocked shots16
11Giveaways13
15Takeaways23

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. Michalek – Turris – Stone11:05

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Condra – Pageau – Lazar13:09

    xG 0.28–0.41 (41%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Legwand – Chiasson – Puempel6:12

    xG 0.52–0.74 (41%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad10:34

    xG 0.45–0.77 (37%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Ceci10:45

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Cowen2:23

    xG 0.22–0.04 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Wiercioch3:04

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSemin – Skinner – Lindholm6:30

    xG 0.78–0.49 (62%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Gerbe – Staal9:43

    xG 0.55–0.47 (54%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Dwyer – Malone5:05

    xG 0.17–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Semin – Skinner2:35

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Murphy14:48

    xG 1.02–0.55 (65%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Faulk16:23

    xG 0.97–0.70 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Bellemore – Jordan13:23

    xG 0.52–0.56 (48%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

CAR 3.5 xGOTT 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAROTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #739 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 58% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

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

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