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Wed, Apr 3, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 4, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 70% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT21117113431
NYR01115012128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:14OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Chris Tierney, Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:29OTTZack SmithSHGWGAssists: Magnus Paajarvi · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:51OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Colin White, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.47 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:52NYRLias AnderssonSHAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:58OTTBrian GibbonsAssists: Colin White · Tip-in, 0.14 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:13NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:55NYRChris Kreider: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:47OTTCody Ceci: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:55NYRBrendan Lemieux: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 2:55NYRJohn Gilmour: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:52OTTChristian Wolanin: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  7. P3 6:03NYRBrady Skjei: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:31NYRJohn Gilmour: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 19:19OTTAndreas Englund: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 19:19NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 19:19NYRTony DeAngelo: Misconduct10 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 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tkachuk won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
31Shots on goal28
3.9Expected goals2.8
46Shot attempts54
34Faceoffs won20
6Power plays2
14Penalty minutes32
15Hits26
10Blocked shots9
20Giveaways13
9Takeaways9

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 – Duclair5:01

    xG 0.17–0.07 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Gibbons – White – Tkachuk7:49

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Pageau – Balcers – Veronneau6:52

    xG 0.12–0.41 (23%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Paajarvi – Lindberg11:01

    xG 0.02–0.62 (4%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Jaros12:45

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Chabot14:44

    xG 0.67–0.75 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Ceci – Wolanin15:31

    xG 0.15–0.86 (15%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:02

    xG 0.73–0.22 (77%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Vesey – Lemieux – Andersson5:30

    xG 0.09–0.00 (96%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Namestnikov – Howden9:05

    xG 0.28–0.22 (55%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Skjei15:12

    xG 0.63–0.38 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Gilmour – Pionk7:52

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  3. Gilmour – DeAngelo2:17

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

NYR 2.8 xGOTT 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYROTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #928 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 70% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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