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Thu, Mar 9, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Ottawa Senators 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 67% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT091121911331
ARI01321501300241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:30ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Tobias Rieder, Jordan Martinook · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:11OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Fredrik Claesson, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:49ARILawson CrouseAssists: Josh Jooris · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:47OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:40OTTErik KarlssonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:54OTTChristopher DiDomenico: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:17OTTChristopher DiDomenico: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 15:06ARIJakob Chychrun: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:24ARIJamie McGinn: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 5:45OTTMike Hoffman: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 7:23OTTMarc Methot: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:50ARIConnor Murphy: 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTARI
31Shots on goal41
2.8Expected goals3.8
61Shot attempts76
27Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits24
17Blocked shots13
4Giveaways12
6Takeaways4

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. bestPyatt – Hoffman – Pageau7:48

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Burrows – DiDomenico – Smith2:09

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Stone – Dzingel2:06

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Brassard – Stone2:38

    xG 0.02–0.12 (12%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:07

    xG 1.07–0.60 (64%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Claesson3:22

    xG 0.18–0.03 (85%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Phaneuf – Karlsson2:18

    xG 0.04–0.10 (27%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Holland – Duclair6:22

    xG 0.66–0.06 (92%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Rieder – Martinook – Perlini8:56

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Doan – Jooris – Crouse8:41

    xG 0.30–0.33 (47%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Vrbata – Domi – Dvorak13:03

    xG 0.59–0.91 (39%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Chychrun10:23

    xG 0.55–0.32 (63%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Murphy16:11

    xG 0.61–0.67 (47%)attempts 19–16goals 1–1

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson16:24

    xG 0.69–0.93 (43%)attempts 22–23goals 1–0

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.

ARI 3.8 xGOTT 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #261 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 67% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

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

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