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Sat, Nov 28, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Ottawa Senators 3, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

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

ARI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11818112338
ARI1421015419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:38ARIMikkel BoedkerAssists: Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:28OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Bobby Ryan, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:41ARIMikkel BoedkerAssists: Antoine Vermette, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:00ARIDustin JeffreyAssists: Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:57OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:29ARIMikkel BoedkerGWGAssists: Max Domi, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:45OTTMark StoneAssists: Erik Karlsson, Marc Methot · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:42ARIAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:53ARIDustin Jeffrey: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:28OTTAlex Chiasson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:30ARIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:25OTTKyle Turris: Slashing2 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
47% to win54% to win
← OTT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTARI
38Shots on goal19
2.2Expected goals1.8
70Shot attempts36
30Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits22
7Blocked shots14
4Giveaways8
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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMichalek – Chiasson – Pageau7:57

    xG 0.36–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Smith – Prince8:56

    xG 0.44–0.16 (73%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Turris – Hoffman12:38

    xG 0.43–0.47 (48%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  4. Stone – Zibanejad – Lazar10:18

    xG 0.25–0.87 (22%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Wideman11:51

    xG 0.61–0.13 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Cowen – Ceci13:58

    xG 0.23–0.44 (35%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  3. Methot – Karlsson19:10

    xG 0.80–1.04 (43%)attempts 23–15goals 1–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Boedker – Domi12:45

    xG 1.20–0.37 (76%)attempts 16–12goals 3–1

  2. Jeffrey – Cunningham – Martinook7:29

    xG 0.13–0.27 (33%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Gordon – Richardson – Chipchura8:57

    xG 0.05–0.27 (17%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Rieder – Duclair12:22

    xG 0.11–0.50 (18%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson18:57

    xG 1.15–0.45 (72%)attempts 16–17goals 3–1

  2. Grossmann – Murphy17:29

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 10–20goals 1–1

  3. Elliott – Dahlbeck11:44

    xG 0.12–0.68 (15%)attempts 4–15goals 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.

ARI 1.8 xGOTT 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #540 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

ARI winsOTT wins

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

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