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Mon, Jan 25, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 1, Vancouver Canucks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT010114012136
VAN21229314735

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:31VANBrandon SutterAssists: Alexander Edler · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:08VANTyler MotteGWGAssists: Jay Beagle · Snap, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:58OTTAustin WatsonAssists: Thomas Chabot, Mike Reilly · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:28VANTanner PearsonAssists: Nils Hoglander · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:44VANBrandon SutterSHAssists: Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P3 12:12VANQuinn HughesAssists: Bo Horvat, Tanner Pearson · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–5
  7. P3 15:50VANOlli JuoleviAssists: Bo Horvat · Slap, 0.01 xG1–6
  8. P3 19:06VANBrandon SutterUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–7
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:43VANTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:58OTTChristian Wolanin: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:47VANAntoine Roussel: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 16:17VANJ.T. Miller: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 0:31VANJ.T. Miller: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:10VANAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 10:10OTTJoshua Brown: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:14OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 13:14VANZack MacEwen: Interference2 min
  10. P3 13:14VANZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 13:39OTTThomas Chabot: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 19:37VANAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 19:37OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
36Shots on goal35
3.3Expected goals3.6
65Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won42
5Power plays2
16Penalty minutes22
23Hits29
11Blocked shots14
9Giveaways8
6Takeaways4

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. bestNorris – Batherson – Tkachuk6:29

    xG 0.96–0.68 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Anisimov – Dadonov – Paul4:01

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Tierney – Paul3:03

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Tierney – Brown – Paul2:25

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrown – Wolanin5:29

    xG 0.40–0.07 (85%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zaitsev6:00

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Wolanin4:53

    xG 0.23–0.00 (99%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Horvat – Hoglander9:54

    xG 0.85–0.50 (63%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  2. Sutter – Virtanen – MacEwen5:56

    xG 0.52–0.55 (49%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Beagle – Roussel – Motte9:39

    xG 0.24–0.34 (42%)attempts 1–11goals 1–0

  4. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson11:19

    xG 0.21–0.47 (31%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Hughes10:53

    xG 0.76–0.34 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Schmidt14:21

    xG 0.97–0.71 (58%)attempts 15–17goals 3–0

  3. Myers – Hughes4:07

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

VAN 3.6 xGOTT 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #628 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).