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Tue, Feb 25, 2020·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Ottawa Senators 2, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 56% of the time.

NSH winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2170909235
NSH1921707333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Scott Sabourin, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:36NSHColin BlackwellAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:34OTTFilip ChlapikAssists: Rudolfs Balcers, Jayce Hawryluk · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:17NSHRyan EllisPPAssists: Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:43NSHViktor ArvidssonPPGWGAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Ryan Ellis · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:51OTTThomas Chabot: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 3:21OTTChris Tierney: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:19OTTChristian Jaros: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:43NSHJarred Tinordi: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:22NSHRoman Josi: Boarding2 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNSH
35Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals3.4
62Shot attempts61
16Faceoffs won40
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits6
19Blocked shots13
12Giveaways17
7Takeaways5

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. bestTierney – Brown – Tkachuk12:49

    xG 0.65–0.39 (62%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Boedker – Sabourin – Chlapik7:02

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Anisimov – Paul8:56

    xG 0.48–0.51 (48%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Peca – Hawryluk – Balcers6:25

    xG 0.03–0.21 (12%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Chabot2:42

    xG 0.56–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Zaitsev2:22

    xG 0.04–0.02 (65%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Chabot19:02

    xG 0.89–0.88 (50%)attempts 26–22goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Blackwell – Sissons10:07

    xG 0.50–0.17 (74%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi5:01

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson11:05

    xG 0.52–0.65 (44%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Granlund – Forsberg4:46

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Tinordi17:14

    xG 0.94–0.69 (58%)attempts 20–16goals 1–0

  2. Josi – Ellis14:33

    xG 0.34–0.73 (32%)attempts 14–23goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Fabbro9:55

    xG 0.19–0.79 (19%)attempts 5–13goals 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.

NSH 3.4 xGOTT 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #607 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 56% of the time.

NSH winsOTT wins

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

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