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Sun, Apr 9, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Ottawa Senators 2, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01411119234
NYI172816421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23NYIAndrew LaddAssists: Alan Quine, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:17NYIAnders LeeAssists: Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:52NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Adam Pelech, Scott Mayfield · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:54OTTBobby RyanAssists: Ryan Dzingel · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:34OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Chris Neil · Wrist, 0.38 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:52NYIJason ChimeraENAssists: Brock Nelson, Nick Leddy · Backhand, 0.73 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:26NYIAndrew Ladd: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:23NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:57NYIConnor Jones: Cross checking2 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 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Quine
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
34Shots on goal21
4.1Expected goals3.3
67Shot attempts41
22Faceoffs won29
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
20Hits16
12Blocked shots13
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways10

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 – DiDomenico – Dzingel2:08

    xG 0.53–0.02 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. DiDomenico – Wingels – Dzingel2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. DiDomenico – Dzingel – Pageau2:27

    xG 0.03–0.11 (22%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Kelly – Paul4:03

    xG 0.03–0.16 (18%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Wideman5:49

    xG 0.74–0.19 (80%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Claesson – Harpur4:38

    xG 0.37–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Claesson – Englund4:53

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ho-Sang – Beauvillier6:13

    xG 0.71–0.26 (73%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Gionta – Quine5:38

    xG 0.59–0.32 (65%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Gionta – Clutterbuck – Jones3:27

    xG 0.02–0.04 (39%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson5:23

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy9:25

    xG 0.76–0.52 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech14:20

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan11:36

    xG 0.56–0.71 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

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 3.3 xGOTT 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #418 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 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 61% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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