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Wed, Mar 23, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Ottawa Senators 1, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 59% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0100815123
NYI0531305323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:24NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Josh Bailey, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:28NYIMatt MartinGWGAssists: Travis Hamonic, Nick Leddy · Tip-in, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:49NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Shane Prince, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:21OTTMark StoneAssists: Erik Karlsson, Ryan Dzingel · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:26OTTMark Stone: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 2:43OTTBobby Ryan: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:00NYIRyan Strome: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:00OTTScott Gomez: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0NYI
47% to win54% to win
← OTT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
23Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits12
14Blocked shots13
6Giveaways14
11Takeaways9

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. bestHoffman – Chiasson – Zibanejad3:46

    xG 1.23–0.10 (93%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Gomez – Ryan – Dzingel3:54

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Dzingel – Lazar3:27

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Chiasson – Dzingel2:26

    xG 0.19–0.25 (44%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Ceci14:08

    xG 1.51–0.39 (79%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Karlsson – Claesson17:58

    xG 0.68–0.69 (50%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  3. Karlsson – Ceci2:14

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Kulemin11:01

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:47

    xG 0.61–0.46 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Tavares – Strome13:44

    xG 0.58–0.45 (56%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Lee – Nelson – Prince9:26

    xG 0.24–1.14 (18%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – de Haan15:55

    xG 0.90–0.17 (84%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy2:04

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Pulock11:13

    xG 0.19–0.42 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

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.

NYI 2.6 xGOTT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1031 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 59% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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