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Tue, Feb 2, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Ottawa Senators 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0419112225
EDM31011005425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:42EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Tyson Barrie, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:45EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:29EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Snap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:30EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Evan Bouchard, Kris Russell · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 12:06OTTCedric PaquetteAssists: Thomas Chabot, Austin Watson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:31OTTTim StützleAssists: Derek Stepan, Artem Zub · Snap, 0.12 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:32EDMKris Russell: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:38EDMKailer Yamamoto: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:42EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:39OTTArtem Zub: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:08OTTDerek Stepan: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 0:59EDMKailer Yamamoto: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:28EDMKyle Turris: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTEDM
25Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals1.8
58Shot attempts52
32Faceoffs won29
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
31Hits22
20Blocked shots20
13Giveaways20
9Takeaways8

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. bestDadonov – Paul – White5:58

    xG 0.32–0.10 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Batherson – Stützle4:57

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Norris – Tkachuk6:49

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – Brown – Stützle2:10

    xG 0.05–0.09 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev14:26

    xG 0.80–0.28 (74%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Gudbranson11:58

    xG 0.42–0.45 (48%)attempts 12–16goals 0–2

  3. Reilly – Zub9:17

    xG 0.10–0.25 (29%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi9:56

    xG 0.50–0.29 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Turris – Chiasson – Kahun2:00

    xG 0.13–0.01 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Archibald – Haas9:35

    xG 0.09–0.03 (77%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun11:55

    xG 0.40–0.59 (40%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Lagesson4:14

    xG 0.31–0.01 (97%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  2. Barrie – Nurse14:18

    xG 0.65–0.50 (56%)attempts 17–9goals 2–1

  3. Russell – Bouchard15:03

    xG 0.48–0.39 (56%)attempts 21–13goals 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.

EDM 1.8 xGOTT 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #343 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50EDM 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

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

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