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Thu, Apr 22, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 3, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2110717325
VAN07012012031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:17OTTTim StützlePPGWGAssists: Nick Paul, Drake Batherson · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:57OTTDrake BathersonPPAssists: Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:30OTTConnor BrownENAssists: Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.59 xG3–0
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 4:56VANTravis Hamonic: Instigator2 min
  2. P1 4:56VANTravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 4:56OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 4:56VANTravis Hamonic: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 4:56OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference2 min
  6. P1 5:42OTTArtem Zub: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 8:01VANMatthew Highmore: Slashing2 min
  8. P1 11:52VANQuinn Hughes: Interference2 min
  9. P1 15:00VANJake Virtanen: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P2 1:07OTTBrady Tkachuk: High sticking2 min
  11. P2 10:36OTTJoshua Brown: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 10:36VANJake Virtanen: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 10:36OTTJoshua Brown: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 1:10OTTColin White: Tripping2 min
  15. P3 8:39VANBo Horvat: 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 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
25Shots on goal31
3.8Expected goals2.6
47Shot attempts59
22Faceoffs won40
4Power plays4
17Penalty minutes27
28Hits24
19Blocked shots13
2Giveaways6
5Takeaways1

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 – White – Stützle6:00

    xG 0.23–0.05 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk10:33

    xG 0.69–0.56 (55%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Dzingel – Tierney – White2:26

    xG 0.14–0.04 (80%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Dzingel – Tierney – Paul3:03

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chabot – Zaitsev15:28

    xG 0.62–0.58 (52%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Mete7:40

    xG 0.04–0.31 (11%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  3. Brannstrom – Zub11:55

    xG 0.34–0.81 (30%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Boyd – Vesey – Virtanen2:48

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Pearson – Horvat – Boeser5:39

    xG 0.18–0.18 (49%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Highmore – Hoglander2:37

    xG 0.13–0.15 (46%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Virtanen – Highmore3:28

    xG 0.05–0.08 (39%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Schmidt11:10

    xG 0.82–0.26 (76%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Schmidt – Hughes2:36

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes2:40

    xG 0.04–0.04 (49%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.6 xGOTT 3.8 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 7/100 · #786 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 70% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
+6
+7

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