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Sat, Feb 16, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 93% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT11311411014441
WPG28081901326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38OTTMark StonePPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:56WPGBrandon TanevSHAssists: Adam Lowry · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:33WPGTyler MyersSHAssists: Brandon Tanev · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:53OTTRudolfs BalcersPPAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Christian Jaros · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:47OTTMatt DuchenePPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Mark Stone · Slap, 0.36 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:01WPGTyler MyersAssists: Jack Roslovic, Bryan Little · Slap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:44OTTRyan DzingelGWGAssists: Chris Tierney, Christian Jaros · Backhand, 0.20 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:19WPGDmitry Kulikov: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:40WPGDmitry Kulikov: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:22OTTZack Smith: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:18WPGBrandon Tanev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:48WPGMathieu Perreault: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:16WPGJacob Trouba: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 11:27OTTBobby Ryan: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
41Shots on goal26
5.5Expected goals1.9
71Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won30
7Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
17Hits24
13Blocked shots16
7Giveaways5
4Takeaways4

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. bestDuchene – Tierney – Balcers2:37

    xG 0.73–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Stone – White – Tkachuk9:48

    xG 0.69–0.11 (86%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Paajarvi – Pageau9:30

    xG 0.20–0.16 (54%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Duchene – Dzingel4:38

    xG 0.10–0.27 (28%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Lajoie11:56

    xG 1.06–0.18 (85%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Chabot2:11

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Harpur – Jaros12:05

    xG 0.44–0.38 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Lemieux – Appleton5:06

    xG 0.28–0.12 (69%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor12:56

    xG 0.53–0.51 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev8:52

    xG 0.07–0.28 (20%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Little – Roslovic – Laine9:00

    xG 0.22–1.15 (16%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chiarot – Niku12:32

    xG 0.18–0.33 (34%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Kulikov11:43

    xG 0.32–0.64 (33%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey14:31

    xG 0.27–1.14 (19%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

WPG 1.9 xGOTT 5.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #216 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 93% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

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

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