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Tue, Oct 30, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Ottawa Senators 1, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0611208126
ARI31418113535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:09ARIAlex GalchenyukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:33ARIBrad RichardsonGWGAssists: Michael Grabner, Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:30ARIDerek StepanSHAssists: Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.00 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:20OTTAlex FormentonAssists: Chris Wideman, Chris Tierney · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:42ARIRichard PanikUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:25ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:27ARIRichard Panik: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:30ARIAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min
  3. P2 15:53ARIJason Demers: Holding2 min
  4. P3 8:43OTTMark Stone: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:43ARIIlya Lyubushkin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 10:14OTTDylan DeMelo: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 14:19OTTDylan DeMelo: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 17:19ARIMichael Grabner: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTARI
26Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts59
19Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
14Hits16
14Blocked shots12
6Giveaways4
3Takeaways16

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 – Tierney – Formenton10:00

    xG 0.55–0.14 (79%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Pyatt – Paajarvi – McCormick5:44

    xG 0.32–0.34 (49%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Boedker – Duchene – White2:39

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Stone – Dzingel7:12

    xG 0.26–0.95 (21%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Chabot7:26

    xG 0.69–0.30 (70%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Lajoie3:48

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Lajoie7:37

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Grabner – Hinostroza8:40

    xG 1.02–0.30 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Cousins – Strome – Crouse8:15

    xG 0.52–0.49 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Panik – Galchenyuk – Keller11:50

    xG 0.52–0.63 (45%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  4. Stepan – Perlini – Fischer9:00

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Hjalmarsson4:22

    xG 0.88–0.06 (94%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Oesterle10:43

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Oesterle – Lyubushkin2:20

    xG 0.15–0.22 (40%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

ARI 2.8 xGOTT 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #960 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ARI 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 60% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

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

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