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Wed, Jan 27, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 1, Vancouver Canucks 5

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
OTT12307013143
VAN1732018535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:06VANTyler MotteAssists: Tyler Myers, Jay Beagle · Backhand, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:16OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:16VANJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:29VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:16VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:46VANTyler MotteAssists: Jay Beagle · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:11OTTJosh Norris: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:48VANJake Virtanen: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:39VANJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:15VANAntoine Roussel: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 9:11OTTThomas Chabot: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:27OTTThomas Chabot: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:40VANJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 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 20:00Pettersson won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
43Shots on goal35
4.1Expected goals4.6
63Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits16
13Blocked shots11
4Giveaways9
4Takeaways2

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 – Tkachuk9:49

    xG 0.94–0.30 (76%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Paul – White11:12

    xG 0.84–0.45 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Stepan – Watson – Paquette7:47

    xG 0.07–0.42 (15%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Tierney – Brown – Stützle8:53

    xG 0.07–1.12 (5%)attempts 3–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Chabot4:33

    xG 0.55–0.18 (75%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Zaitsev2:36

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zaitsev11:55

    xG 0.52–0.35 (60%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Roussel – Motte9:17

    xG 1.20–0.32 (79%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  2. Sutter – Virtanen – MacEwen5:54

    xG 0.18–0.01 (92%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson9:34

    xG 0.83–0.72 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander8:54

    xG 0.17–0.88 (16%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Chatfield11:52

    xG 1.06–0.41 (72%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Schmidt12:32

    xG 0.51–0.33 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Myers3:06

    xG 0.42–0.34 (55%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

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.

VAN 4.6 xGOTT 4.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #615 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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