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Tue, Nov 8, 2016·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Ottawa Senators 1, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 68% of the time.

NSH winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01301219134
NSH01221018330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:46NSHJames NealAssists: Roman Josi, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:52NSHP.K. SubbanGWGAssists: James Neal, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:23NSHRyan EllisAssists: Filip Forsberg · Slap, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:30OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:13OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 12:13NSHCody Bass: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 18:47OTTMatt Puempel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 19:20NSHRyan Ellis: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:59NSHMike Ribeiro: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 8:59OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:59NSHMike Ribeiro: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 19:11OTTDion Phaneuf: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 8:17OTTMark Stone: Holding2 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNSH
34Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals2.9
47Shot attempts58
36Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
16Hits15
15Blocked shots9
7Giveaways13
4Takeaways13

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. bestNeil – Kelly – Puempel3:41

    xG 0.31–0.08 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Turris – Hoffman4:10

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Dzingel – Pageau2:30

    xG 0.11–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Dzingel – Pageau3:23

    xG 0.07–0.03 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Claesson4:12

    xG 0.25–0.04 (86%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci10:37

    xG 0.61–0.51 (54%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Ceci5:17

    xG 0.02–0.08 (20%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Wilson – Smith10:00

    xG 0.77–0.39 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Johansen – Arvidsson12:05

    xG 0.66–0.48 (58%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Aberg – Forsberg12:55

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  4. Bass – Watson – Sissons3:35

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm17:56

    xG 1.37–0.67 (67%)attempts 22–17goals 1–0

  2. Josi – Ellis16:58

    xG 0.90–0.59 (61%)attempts 21–11goals 1–1

  3. Weber – Irwin12:13

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

NSH 2.9 xGOTT 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1032 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NSH 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, Nashville Predators win this game 68% of the time.

NSH winsOTT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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