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Sat, Feb 11, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Islanders 0, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01001409033
OTT1122507324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:10OTTMark StoneGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrap-around, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:35OTTZack SmithAssists: Kyle Turris, Dion Phaneuf · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:12OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Tom Pyatt · Tip-in, 0.19 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:29NYIJason Chimera: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:09OTTZack Smith: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:07OTTChris Wideman: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 12:17NYIShane Prince: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 18:00NYIJohn Tavares: Slashing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
33Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals2.7
68Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits27
17Blocked shots19
15Giveaways15
4Takeaways11

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee11:45

    xG 0.67–0.22 (76%)attempts 21–5goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Ladd – Quine8:39

    xG 0.46–0.35 (56%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Kulemin – Cizikas – Prince6:00

    xG 0.17–0.11 (60%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Nelson – Strome – Beauvillier11:20

    xG 0.38–0.41 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy17:17

    xG 1.13–0.39 (75%)attempts 24–8goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan14:39

    xG 0.37–0.50 (43%)attempts 20–17goals 0–1

  3. Hickey – Pelech12:41

    xG 0.28–0.81 (26%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Stone – Dzingel12:21

    xG 0.85–0.38 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Turris – Smith – Hoffman9:28

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Kelly – Turris – Wingels3:03

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Pyatt – Pageau9:26

    xG 0.16–0.43 (27%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Karlsson – Claesson5:11

    xG 0.20–0.20 (49%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci15:09

    xG 0.65–0.66 (50%)attempts 10–24goals 1–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman10:12

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 8–8goals 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 2.7 xGNYI 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1197 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.47 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 58% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

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

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