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Tue, Oct 10, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT111015114022342
VAN1818010021228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:08OTTCody CeciAssists: Kyle Turris, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:03VANChris TanevAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:28VANThomas VanekAssists: Troy Stecher, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:09OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Bobby Ryan, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Markus Granlund scored
  2. 2. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  3. 3. VAN Thomas Vanek stopped
  4. 4. OTT Alexandre Burrows stopped
  5. 5. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
  6. 6. OTT Kyle Turris scored
  7. 7. VAN Brandon Sutter stopped
  8. 8. OTT Tom Pyatt stopped
  9. 9. VAN Sam Gagner stopped
  10. 10. OTT Mark Stone scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:36OTTDerick Brassard: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:11OTTChris Wideman: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:31VANThomas Vanek: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 15:47VANDerek Dorsett: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 7:28OTTChris Wideman: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:28VANSven Baertschi: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:53OTTCraig Anderson: 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
42Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals2.8
64Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits12
8Blocked shots8
2Giveaways5
7Takeaways8

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. bestRyan – Brassard – Stone6:18

    xG 0.74–0.07 (91%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Smith – Stone3:28

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Dzingel – Pageau3:52

    xG 0.32–0.08 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Burrows – Thompson – Pyatt2:45

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci4:01

    xG 0.70–0.12 (86%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Claesson – Chabot2:49

    xG 0.23–0.07 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Borowiecki4:27

    xG 0.21–0.05 (81%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Vanek8:00

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 9–3goals 2–2

  2. Eriksson – Baertschi – Horvat10:37

    xG 0.48–0.53 (48%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Burmistrov – Virtanen8:38

    xG 0.14–0.30 (32%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Dorsett – Sutter – Granlund11:35

    xG 0.24–0.62 (28%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hutton – Stecher12:31

    xG 0.52–0.67 (44%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  2. Del Zotto – Gudbranson17:01

    xG 0.36–0.65 (36%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Tanev13:44

    xG 0.24–0.74 (25%)attempts 8–14goals 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.

VAN 2.8 xGOTT 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #533 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 55% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

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