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Tue, Oct 25, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 74% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11107210328
VAN0701203022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:38OTTRyan DzingelGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:12OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Bobby Ryan, Chris Wideman · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:41OTTJean-Gabriel PageauENAssists: Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–0
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 13:27VANAlexander Edler: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 13:33OTTErik Karlsson: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
28Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals1.6
49Shot attempts47
23Faceoffs won36
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
18Hits19
15Blocked shots9
4Giveaways8
7Takeaways5

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. bestRyan – Brassard – Dzingel10:19

    xG 0.24–0.03 (89%)attempts 8–1goals 2–0

  2. Smith – Stone – Pageau11:59

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Kelly – Puempel6:59

    xG 0.19–0.18 (52%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Turris – Hoffman14:07

    xG 0.28–0.62 (31%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Wideman12:01

    xG 0.27–0.12 (70%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Methot – Ceci2:58

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Ceci17:59

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Eriksson16:05

    xG 0.76–0.40 (66%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Baertschi – Megna – Horvat4:16

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Gaunce – Virtanen2:20

    xG 0.08–0.02 (82%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Gaunce – Megna – Virtanen4:42

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Larsen11:51

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Edler – Stecher20:51

    xG 0.81–0.77 (52%)attempts 27–20goals 0–1

  3. Gudbranson – Hutton18:03

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

VAN 1.6 xGOTT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1161 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 74% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

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