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Tue, Nov 5, 2019·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Ottawa Senators 1, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT18010010128
NYI11011329432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:44OTTJean-Gabriel PageauSHAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:23NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Casey Cizikas, Devon Toews · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:34NYICole BardreauGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:00NYICasey CizikasAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Scott Mayfield · Slap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:40NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Noah Dobson, Adam Pelech · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:01OTTArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:54NYIScott Mayfield: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:34OTTMark Borowiecki: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  4. P3 5:21OTTDylan DeMelo: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 8:10NYIAdam Pelech: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 18:11NYIRoss Johnston: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 18:11NYIRoss Johnston: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:11NYIRoss Johnston: 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
28Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals3.7
46Shot attempts59
19Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes18
27Hits27
16Blocked shots10
14Giveaways16
6Takeaways6

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. bestEnnis – Namestnikov – Tierney2:32

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Duclair – Tkachuk5:29

    xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Pageau – Duclair – Tkachuk4:07

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Pageau – Brown – Paul7:20

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chabot – Zaitsev18:55

    xG 0.51–0.48 (52%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Goloubef14:00

    xG 0.24–0.61 (28%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Borowiecki – DeMelo11:41

    xG 0.47–1.14 (29%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Cizikas – Dal Colle10:27

    xG 1.56–0.24 (87%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Johnston – Bardreau – Wahlstrom7:35

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Nelson – Beauvillier11:15

    xG 0.25–0.29 (47%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Barzal11:40

    xG 0.23–0.48 (32%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Toews13:31

    xG 1.41–0.18 (89%)attempts 22–6goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Dobson12:15

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock16:18

    xG 0.44–0.70 (38%)attempts 8–14goals 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.

NYI 3.7 xGOTT 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #771 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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