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Thu, Mar 5, 2020·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Islanders 3, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 59% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI111117112340
OTT1132719429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:58NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Derick Brassard · Snap, 0.36 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:57OTTConnor BrownAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:18NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Jordan Eberle, Devon Toews · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:00OTTMikkel BoedkerSHAssists: Chris Tierney · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:26OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Jayce Hawryluk, Colin White · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:55OTTBrady TkachukGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:00NYIRyan PulockAssists: Mathew Barzal, Devon Toews · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:07OTTBobby Ryan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:14NYIDevon Toews: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:51NYINoah Dobson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:35OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 9:02OTTJayce Hawryluk: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 8:48OTTColin White: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:22NYIAndy Greene: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
40Shots on goal29
3.6Expected goals4.3
64Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won22
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
22Hits29
11Blocked shots11
12Giveaways16
7Takeaways9

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Barzal14:13

    xG 1.17–1.00 (54%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Bailey – Pageau – Beauvillier7:58

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Koivula3:26

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Nelson – Dal Colle7:43

    xG 0.06–0.28 (18%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Mayfield4:58

    xG 0.53–0.22 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Toews2:07

    xG 0.16–0.04 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Leddy – Dobson2:21

    xG 0.13–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Paul – Hawryluk5:36

    xG 0.36–0.10 (78%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Brown – Tkachuk10:59

    xG 0.85–0.71 (54%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

  3. Ryan – Duclair – White2:09

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Boedker – Peca – Sabourin3:19

    xG 0.03–0.11 (24%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Chabot19:39

    xG 1.17–0.78 (60%)attempts 22–16goals 1–1

  2. Englund – Jaros5:44

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Zaitsev13:19

    xG 0.65–0.73 (47%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

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 4.3 xGNYI 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #451 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 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 59% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

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

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