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Sun, Jan 24, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 0, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01308014035
OTT012111210333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:40OTTBobby RyanGWGAssists: Jared Cowen, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:40OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:38OTTJean-Gabriel PageauENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.51 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:28NYRKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:57OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:33OTTBobby Ryan: Holding2 min
  4. P3 8:31NYRMats Zuccarello: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 16:37OTTMark Borowiecki: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← NYR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
35Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals3.2
64Shot attempts74
31Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
28Hits20
27Blocked shots14
16Giveaways13
6Takeaways10

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. bestBrassard – Zuccarello – Miller4:57

    xG 0.34–0.04 (90%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Lindberg – Hayes – Fast2:51

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Miller8:16

    xG 0.24–0.10 (72%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Stalberg – Lindberg – Hayes4:22

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Staal4:18

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh13:21

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

  3. Klein – Yandle5:10

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Hoffman – Zibanejad10:58

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. Neil – McCormick – Prince7:15

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Pageau – Puempel11:04

    xG 0.61–0.28 (68%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Stone – Lazar2:24

    xG 0.16–0.04 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCowen – Wideman8:52

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Borowiecki13:29

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen3:06

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

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 3.2 xGNYR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1147 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 65% 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).