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Thu, Mar 26, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 5, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR31421404532
OTT1110409124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:38NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:57OTTCurtis LazarAssists: Erik Condra · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:40NYRDan BoyleGWGAssists: Rick Nash, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:00NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–1
  5. P2 1:42NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Kevin Hayes, Keith Yandle · Snap, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P2 16:02NYRTanner GlassAssists: Kevin Hayes, Dan Boyle · Snap, 0.12 xG5–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 10:02NYRRick Nash: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 12:31NYRRick Nash: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 13:57NYRTanner Glass: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 2:12NYRMatt Hunwick: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 5:30OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:30NYRKeith Yandle: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 6:26NYRDerek Stepan: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 9:20NYRDan Boyle: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
32Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals2.8
53Shot attempts53
28Faceoffs won32
0Power plays6
14Penalty minutes2
22Hits24
14Blocked shots11
6Giveaways16
3Takeaways6

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Stepan – Kreider10:46

    xG 1.12–0.34 (77%)attempts 15–9goals 3–0

  2. Hagelin – Hayes – Fast8:17

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Glass – Sheppard8:41

    xG 0.09–0.33 (21%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Zuccarello – Miller11:19

    xG 0.26–0.63 (29%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Yandle2:46

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Staal10:28

    xG 0.68–0.51 (57%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  3. Hunwick – Yandle10:26

    xG 0.49–0.31 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 2–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Pageau – Lazar11:56

    xG 0.88–0.47 (65%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad10:05

    xG 0.49–0.38 (57%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

  3. Legwand – Greening – Smith9:53

    xG 0.08–0.26 (25%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Chiasson – Stone10:02

    xG 0.47–0.71 (40%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:41

    xG 0.68–0.47 (59%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  2. Gryba – Borowiecki15:23

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci11:30

    xG 0.75–0.73 (51%)attempts 14–12goals 0–3

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 2.8 xGNYR 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #875 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 60% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

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

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