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Sat, Apr 8, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 1, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 80% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0405110119
OTT04216113333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:04OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Mark Stone, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:24OTTDerick BrassardGWGAssists: Viktor Stalberg, Alexandre Burrows · Snap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:19OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Mark Borowiecki, Mark Stone · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:14NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Kreider · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:49OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 11:49NYRTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:29NYRBrandon Pirri: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 14:00NYROscar Lindberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 14:55OTTAlexandre Burrows: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 14:55NYRBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 9:53NYRKevin Hayes: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 12:53OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 7:08OTTKyle Turris: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
19Shots on goal33
1.5Expected goals3.2
43Shot attempts56
22Faceoffs won40
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
23Hits14
11Blocked shots12
3Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Glass – Lindberg – Puempel11:30

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich12:58

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

  3. Grabner – Hayes – Miller9:11

    xG 0.22–0.67 (24%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  4. Beck – Pirri – Vesey8:59

    xG 0.13–1.08 (10%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Girardi – Smith16:55

    xG 0.63–0.91 (41%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

  2. Klein – Skjei15:00

    xG 0.23–0.62 (27%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Kampfer – Clendening13:12

    xG 0.16–0.86 (16%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Stone – Pageau8:01

    xG 1.18–0.16 (88%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. MacArthur – Turris – Dzingel10:21

    xG 0.77–0.23 (77%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Stalberg – Brassard7:43

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Pyatt – Wingels6:17

    xG 0.25–0.14 (63%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Ceci13:25

    xG 1.59–0.15 (91%)attempts 21–5goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Harpur12:01

    xG 0.70–0.29 (70%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  3. Wideman – Claesson16:07

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 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 3.2 xGNYR 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1043 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 80% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

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

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