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Thu, Apr 7, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Florida Panthers 1, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0906119134
OTT191915323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:20OTTMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Chris Wideman, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:12OTTBuddy RobinsonGWGAssists: Cody Ceci, Chris Neil · Deflected, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:49FLAJaromir JagrAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Alexander Petrovic · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:14OTTCody CeciUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:03OTTChris Wideman: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 5:03FLAJiri Hudler: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 12:40FLARocco Grimaldi: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:07FLAAaron Ekblad: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:39OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAOTT
34Shots on goal23
2.1Expected goals2.1
56Shot attempts49
23Faceoffs won37
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits22
10Blocked shots19
8Giveaways4
4Takeaways1

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Jokinen – Smith – Bjugstad9:51

    xG 0.10–0.10 (48%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov11:54

    xG 0.43–0.49 (47%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Hudler – Purcell – Grimaldi11:29

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  4. Thornton – McKegg – Howden9:27

    xG 0.10–0.18 (35%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Petrovic11:21

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad16:18

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Ekblad2:00

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Smith – Pageau11:20

    xG 0.52–0.05 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Robinson – Paul7:39

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  3. Hoffman – Dzingel – Zibanejad8:16

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Puempel – Lazar9:40

    xG 0.01–0.27 (5%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKostka – Ceci15:48

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. Karlsson – Claesson16:22

    xG 0.23–0.07 (76%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Harpur13:12

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 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 2.1 xGFLA 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #1025 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 51% of the time.

OTT winsFLA wins

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

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