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Thu, Nov 12, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Vancouver Canucks 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1701919235
OTT1718110325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:48VANSven BaertschiAssists: Radim Vrbata, Bo Horvat · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:02OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:00OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Kyle Turris, Mike Hoffman · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:05OTTChris WidemanPPGWGAssists: Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:36VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:47VANAdam Cracknell: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:29VANChris Higgins: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:44OTTCody Ceci: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 4:36VANDan Hamhuis: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:00OTTMarc Methot: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:07VANHenrik Sedin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 18:29OTTErik Karlsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← VAN attackOTT 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.

VANOTT
35Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals1.8
68Shot attempts46
30Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits25
10Blocked shots21
8Giveaways9
10Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Baertschi – Horvat9:02

    xG 0.47–0.14 (77%)attempts 14–4goals 1–1

  2. Higgins – Cracknell – Virtanen9:31

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen10:42

    xG 0.18–0.14 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Dorsett – McCann8:47

    xG 0.12–0.10 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber12:46

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Bartkowski – Hutton12:43

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Bartkowski2:41

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Hoffman – Stone11:47

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Zibanejad – Puempel8:07

    xG 0.09–0.22 (29%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau9:57

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

  4. Neil – Smith – Lazar11:17

    xG 0.15–0.40 (27%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson17:31

    xG 0.63–0.12 (84%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Wideman8:20

    xG 0.10–0.33 (23%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  3. Cowen – Ceci15:24

    xG 0.06–0.69 (8%)attempts 6–26goals 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 1.8 xGVAN 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #782 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).