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Thu, Nov 29, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 0, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 75% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0110808027
OTT211112011334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:06OTTDrake BathersonGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Maxime Lajoie · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:35OTTMagnus PaajarviAssists: Zack Smith, Tom Pyatt · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:00OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Drake Batherson, Ryan Dzingel · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 14:48NYRTony DeAngelo: Roughing2 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 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
27Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals3.1
50Shot attempts58
13Faceoffs won21
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
40Hits26
9Blocked shots12
12Giveaways21
8Takeaways9

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. bestFast – Howden – Andersson7:11

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Zibanejad – Andersson2:10

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Vesey – Chytil9:52

    xG 0.42–0.40 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad10:41

    xG 0.12–0.39 (24%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Skjei – DeAngelo9:23

    xG 0.29–0.41 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Pionk14:16

    xG 0.38–0.69 (35%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Claesson – DeAngelo4:24

    xG 0.07–0.40 (15%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – White – Tkachuk13:38

    xG 1.00–0.42 (71%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Smith – Paajarvi14:07

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Duchene – Dzingel – Batherson12:35

    xG 0.55–0.39 (58%)attempts 7–12goals 2–0

  4. Ryan – Boedker – Tierney9:02

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot19:02

    xG 1.10–0.31 (78%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Lajoie12:11

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Ceci – Chabot2:04

    xG 0.20–0.04 (85%)attempts 5–1goals 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 3.1 xGNYR 1.7 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 3/100 · #1246 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.46 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 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 75% 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).