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Fri, Oct 13, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Ottawa Senators 6, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

CGY winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT16111411628
CGY090808025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:15OTTCody CeciGWGAssists: Tom Pyatt, Nate Thompson · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:43OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Mark Stone, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:08OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Cody Ceci, Kyle Turris · Slap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:18OTTMark StoneAssists: Mark Borowiecki, Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–0
  5. P3 7:29OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Thomas Chabot, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–0
  6. P3 16:23OTTChris WidemanPPAssists: Kyle Turris, Zack Smith · Slap, 0.05 xG6–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:08OTTNate Thompson: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 8:24CGYSam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 16:32CGYMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:32OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:02OTTRyan Dzingel: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:12CGYMikael Backlund: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P2 16:43CGYDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 19:16CGYJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 3:46CGYMicheal Ferland: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  10. P3 4:30OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 14:31CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Interference goalkeeper2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCGY
28Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.0
51Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won32
7Power plays3
11Penalty minutes19
9Hits12
24Blocked shots6
9Giveaways9
6Takeaways10

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. Thompson – Pyatt – Pageau3:25

    xG 0.08–0.06 (55%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau5:38

    xG 0.02–0.22 (10%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Brassard – Stone9:30

    xG 0.12–0.35 (26%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Smith – Dzingel7:55

    xG 0.11–0.51 (18%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Chabot4:39

    xG 0.19–0.06 (74%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci2:55

    xG 0.04–0.01 (77%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Claesson2:46

    xG 0.02–0.05 (28%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:26

    xG 0.67–0.17 (80%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Lazar5:32

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Versteeg – Bennett4:57

    xG 0.17–0.03 (84%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Brouwer – Ferland5:39

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Brodie12:29

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton14:37

    xG 0.58–0.35 (62%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  3. Stone – Bartkowski11:35

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 13–7goals 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.

CGY 2.0 xGOTT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1147 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 67% of the time.

CGY winsOTT wins

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

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