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Thu, Feb 16, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

Ottawa Senators 3, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 73% of the time.

NJD winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT07116212335
NJD080706021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:01OTTDion PhaneufPPGWGAssists: Chris Wideman, Bobby Ryan · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:02OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Derick Brassard, Tom Pyatt · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:23OTTKyle TurrisENAssists: Zack Smith, Mike Hoffman · Snap, 0.68 xG3–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 0:08OTTMike Condon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 2:19NJDJacob Josefson: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 16:19NJDMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNJD
35Shots on goal21
3.0Expected goals1.7
62Shot attempts40
34Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
22Hits15
8Blocked shots16
4Giveaways6
6Takeaways8

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 – Stone – Dzingel7:07

    xG 0.57–0.18 (76%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Brassard – Stone5:34

    xG 0.31–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Dzingel – Pageau5:02

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Wingels – Lazar7:11

    xG 0.08–0.06 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci10:02

    xG 0.66–0.14 (82%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Claesson10:49

    xG 0.83–0.42 (67%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Claesson – Ceci2:03

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJosefson – Noesen – Zacha4:37

    xG 0.28–0.01 (98%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Bennett – Kalinin2:46

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Henrique – Bennett2:49

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Henrique – Wood3:12

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Lovejoy16:05

    xG 0.66–0.17 (79%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  2. Merrill – Santini16:53

    xG 0.20–0.27 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Severson2:47

    xG 0.13–0.43 (22%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

NJD 1.7 xGOTT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1127 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 73% of the time.

NJD winsOTT wins

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

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