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Sat, Oct 5, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 4, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

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

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1928113430
OTT110010012132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:04NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Chris Kreider, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:14OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Thomas Chabot, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:53NYRMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:07NYRMika ZibanejadSHAssists: Brendan Smith · Snap, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:51NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.09 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:37OTTNikita Zaitsev: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:46NYRPavel Buchnevich: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:43OTTDrake Batherson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:44NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:18NYRChris Kreider: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 19:08NYRMarc Staal: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 1:56OTTColin White: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:52NYRChris Kreider: Holding the stick2 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
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
30Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts66
40Faceoffs won20
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
22Hits37
22Blocked shots21
11Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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. Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Panarin10:51

    xG 0.36–0.37 (49%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Strome – Lemieux – Kakko3:30

    xG 0.02–0.04 (28%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Namestnikov – Howden3:41

    xG 0.07–0.13 (36%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Fast – Lemieux – Howden4:42

    xG 0.24–0.34 (41%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Fox12:04

    xG 0.53–0.32 (63%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Staal – DeAngelo12:19

    xG 0.24–0.64 (28%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Hajek8:38

    xG 0.23–0.68 (26%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestEnnis – White – Tkachuk4:36

    xG 0.49–0.05 (91%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – White – Tkachuk4:55

    xG 0.33–0.07 (83%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Tierney – Batherson2:55

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Brown – Duclair2:35

    xG 0.01–0.04 (23%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev20:48

    xG 0.83–0.48 (63%)attempts 22–24goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Brannstrom10:26

    xG 0.61–0.31 (67%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  3. Borowiecki – DeMelo10:12

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 6–10goals 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 2.6 xGNYR 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #730 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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.

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).