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Thu, Jan 28, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 66% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01111907137
VAN2101916425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:30VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:49VANElias PetterssonGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:32VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson, Braden Holtby · Snap, 0.21 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:15OTTThomas ChabotUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:47VANTanner PearsonAssists: Nils Hoglander, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:04OTTAustin Watson: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:57VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:53VANTyler Myers: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 14:58OTTColin White: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 19:12OTTBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:28OTTJoshua Brown: Holding2 min
  7. P3 10:08VANJalen Chatfield: Interference2 min
  8. P3 10:08OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 10:08VANJalen Chatfield: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 10:39VANAlexander Edler: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 19:10VANZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 19:10OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 19:10VANAdam Gaudette: Cross checking2 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 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
37Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals3.9
68Shot attempts53
20Faceoffs won24
5Power plays4
15Penalty minutes17
36Hits22
11Blocked shots19
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways8

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. bestWatson – Paquette – Chlapik5:48

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Tierney – Brown – Stützle2:39

    xG 0.05–0.01 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Norris – Tkachuk6:31

    xG 0.11–0.13 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – Batherson – Stützle5:00

    xG 0.11–0.39 (22%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev13:41

    xG 0.85–0.56 (60%)attempts 23–8goals 1–2

  2. Coburn – Chabot2:43

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

  3. Coburn – Brown3:21

    xG 0.03–0.02 (55%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Horvat – Hoglander8:10

    xG 1.50–0.27 (85%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Gaudette – MacEwen8:17

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Beagle – Roussel – Motte9:11

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson9:27

    xG 0.25–0.62 (29%)attempts 5–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Schmidt14:07

    xG 2.16–0.46 (82%)attempts 18–21goals 2–0

  2. Benn – Hughes8:47

    xG 0.64–0.38 (63%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Hughes2:18

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

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 3.9 xGOTT 2.9 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 24/100 · #651 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 66% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

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