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Wed, Nov 13, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Ottawa Senators 4, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.

NJD winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT170939425
NJD2110705223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:19NJDWayne SimmondsAssists: Miles Wood, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:54OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Connor Brown · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:52NJDWill ButcherAssists: Nikita Gusev, Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:30OTTMark BorowieckiAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Filip Chlapik · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:59OTTJean-Gabriel PageauGWGAssists: Nick Paul, Connor Brown · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:34OTTJean-Gabriel PageauENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:44OTTJ.C. Beaudin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:29OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:50NJDAndy Greene: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:25OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping2 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 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00White won the faceoff against Hughes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNJD
25Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals2.4
48Shot attempts47
33Faceoffs won22
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
19Hits8
9Blocked shots7
1Giveaways10
8Takeaways11

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 – Brown – Paul12:52

    xG 0.94–0.37 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  2. Duclair – White – Tkachuk10:54

    xG 0.80–0.49 (62%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Chlapik – Beaudin4:00

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Ennis – Tierney6:23

    xG 0.07–0.24 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot16:22

    xG 1.45–0.44 (77%)attempts 21–5goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Brannstrom9:24

    xG 0.46–0.51 (47%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Borowiecki – Zaitsev13:14

    xG 0.34–0.41 (45%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hughes10:35

    xG 0.58–0.11 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev7:23

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Zacha – Bratt – Hischier10:03

    xG 0.25–0.49 (34%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Wood – Rooney7:11

    xG 0.21–0.59 (27%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tennyson – Mueller11:38

    xG 0.54–0.58 (48%)attempts 7–14goals 1–2

  2. Greene – Severson15:21

    xG 0.50–0.74 (40%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Butcher16:26

    xG 0.56–1.12 (34%)attempts 11–19goals 1–1

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.

NJD 2.4 xGOTT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #510 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 63% of the time.

NJD winsOTT wins

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

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