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Tue, Mar 10, 2020·Honda Center, Anaheim

Ottawa Senators 2, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 88% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT014114114242
ANA461504515

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:02ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Rickard Rakell, Christian Djoos · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:45ANANicolas DeslauriersAssists: Carter Rowney, David Backes · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:17ANANicolas DeslauriersGWGAssists: Carter Rowney, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P1 11:49ANANicolas DeslauriersAssists: David Backes · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P2 6:06OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Colin White, Connor Brown · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P2 9:52ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Max Jones, Adam Henrique · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–5
  7. P3 13:46OTTColin WhiteAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:34OTTNikita Zaitsev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:11ANAAdam Henrique: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:51ANAMax Jones: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:03ANARickard Rakell: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:27OTTMike Reilly: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:30ANADavid Backes: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 17:41ANADavid Backes: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTANA
42Shots on goal15
4.6Expected goals1.8
77Shot attempts33
24Faceoffs won27
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
33Hits19
8Blocked shots20
11Giveaways10
7Takeaways7

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. bestDuclair – Paul – Hawryluk9:36

    xG 0.74–0.20 (79%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Brown – Balcers9:25

    xG 0.71–0.19 (79%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – White – Tkachuk10:07

    xG 0.58–0.21 (73%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  4. Boedker – Peca – Sabourin9:27

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 5–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Chabot15:09

    xG 0.82–0.25 (77%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Reilly – Zaitsev11:24

    xG 0.49–0.28 (63%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Englund – Wolanin14:21

    xG 0.53–0.33 (62%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSteel – Jones – Sherwood9:40

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  2. Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell8:29

    xG 0.23–0.45 (33%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Milano – Heinen8:13

    xG 0.20–0.50 (28%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Deslauriers – Rowney12:03

    xG 0.18–0.51 (26%)attempts 2–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Irwin – Manson17:29

    xG 0.47–0.96 (33%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

  2. Hakanpää – Djoos12:30

    xG 0.20–0.78 (20%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Larsson17:43

    xG 0.60–1.28 (32%)attempts 11–18goals 3–1

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.

ANA 1.8 xGOTT 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #872 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 88% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

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

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