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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Ottawa Senators 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT2120131812435
EDM1711111100329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Christian Wolanin, Dylan DeMelo · Wrap-around, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:12EDMAlex ChiassonAssists: Darnell Nurse · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:28OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Thomas Chabot, Colin White · Deflected, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:54EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Zack Kassian · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:37OTTBrian GibbonsAssists: Magnus Paajarvi, Oscar Lindberg · Deflected, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:33EDMColby CaveAssists: Joseph Gambardella, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:09OTTBrady TkachukGWGAssists: Rudolfs Balcers, Craig Anderson · Snap, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:51EDMMilan Lucic: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:34EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:06OTTBen Harpur: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:06EDMAlex Chiasson: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 13:00OTTChristian Jaros: High sticking2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00White won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTEDM
35Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals2.8
59Shot attempts61
20Faceoffs won34
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits31
18Blocked shots12
5Giveaways9
6Takeaways7

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. bestPageau – Veronneau – Tkachuk10:21

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Boedker – Tierney – Duclair7:47

    xG 0.34–0.25 (58%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Paajarvi – Lindberg – Gibbons9:40

    xG 0.61–0.55 (53%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  4. Ryan – White – Balcers12:48

    xG 0.46–0.64 (42%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot19:05

    xG 0.64–0.51 (55%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  2. Harpur – Wolanin14:11

    xG 0.54–0.50 (52%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Harpur – Chabot2:17

    xG 0.02–0.22 (10%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins10:35

    xG 0.55–0.39 (58%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Rieder – Cave6:48

    xG 0.40–0.25 (61%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Cave – Currie – Gambardella3:23

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid15:29

    xG 0.67–0.58 (54%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning13:08

    xG 0.71–0.52 (58%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Nurse16:54

    xG 0.73–0.73 (50%)attempts 14–23goals 2–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom16:13

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

EDM 2.8 xGOTT 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #276 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

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

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