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Sun, Dec 18, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Ottawa Senators 6, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT21311338634
NYI09211011231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:30OTTBobby RyanAssists: Kyle Turris, Ryan Dzingel · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:20OTTZack SmithAssists: Mark Stone, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:27NYIAnders LeeAssists: Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:07NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:03OTTMark StonePPGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.42 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:45OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Mark Stone, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:33OTTZack SmithENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:34OTTTom PyattENAssists: Chris Kelly · Wrist, 0.65 xG6–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:19OTTDion Phaneuf: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:12NYICal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  3. P2 14:43NYIThomas Hickey: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:11OTTRyan Dzingel: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 14:50OTTCurtis Lazar: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 17:24OTTTom Pyatt: Hooking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Quine won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
34Shots on goal31
4.5Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts70
23Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
25Hits25
26Blocked shots8
9Giveaways17
8Takeaways8

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. bestBrassard – Smith – Stone9:41

    xG 0.94–0.41 (70%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

  2. Ryan – Brassard – Stone2:07

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Pageau – Lazar9:58

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Kelly – Bailey8:01

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson10:38

    xG 0.73–0.28 (73%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Ceci6:23

    xG 0.43–0.07 (87%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman11:56

    xG 0.58–0.39 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Bailey – Tavares – Lee14:16

    xG 0.51–0.48 (52%)attempts 22–11goals 1–1

  2. Nelson – Prince – Beauvillier9:25

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Chimera – Ladd – Quine9:41

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Strome9:29

    xG 0.23–0.72 (25%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Hickey14:06

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Leddy15:50

    xG 0.72–0.91 (44%)attempts 18–16goals 2–1

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan15:52

    xG 0.41–1.00 (29%)attempts 16–20goals 0–2

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 2.7 xGOTT 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 71/100 · #326 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (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 76% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).