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Sat, Feb 17, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 3, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR111113114338
OTT21228213633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:03OTTMark StoneAssists: Derick Brassard, Zack Smith · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:07OTTJohnny OduyaAssists: Erik Karlsson, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:01NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: Ryan Sproul, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:59OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Cody Ceci, Thomas Chabot · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:31NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:53OTTDerick BrassardGWGAssists: Mark Borowiecki, Zack Smith · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:27OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Derick Brassard, Mark Stone · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:11NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: Kevin Hayes · Snap, 0.06 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:15OTTMagnus PaajarviAssists: Cody Ceci, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.48 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 4:15NYRMats Zuccarello: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 13:25OTTJohnny Oduya: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P3 0:09NYRNick Holden: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 10:55OTTJohnny Oduya: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% 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
38Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals2.9
71Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits20
15Blocked shots18
10Giveaways16
4Takeaways8

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. bestGrabner – Miller – Buchnevich7:29

    xG 0.68–0.43 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Nash – Zuccarello – Zibanejad9:04

    xG 0.25–0.07 (78%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Desharnais – Carey – Holland3:31

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich3:40

    xG 0.17–0.29 (37%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSproul – Gilmour12:02

    xG 0.86–0.59 (59%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

  2. Holden – DeAngelo18:23

    xG 0.59–0.61 (49%)attempts 26–17goals 1–2

  3. Skjei – Pionk15:03

    xG 0.37–0.95 (28%)attempts 16–13goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Paajarvi – Pageau10:04

    xG 0.55–0.09 (86%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Dumont – McCormick – Shore8:07

    xG 0.29–0.14 (67%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Hoffman – Duchene12:31

    xG 0.56–0.56 (50%)attempts 11–20goals 2–1

  4. Brassard – Smith – Stone10:48

    xG 0.64–0.74 (46%)attempts 14–9goals 3–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci6:30

    xG 0.45–0.07 (87%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

  2. Ceci – Chabot9:02

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 12–8goals 2–1

  3. Oduya – Ceci2:53

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 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 2.9 xGNYR 2.6 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 75/100 · #344 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 58% 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).