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Sat, May 8, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 4, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2507211423
WPG01018111229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:13OTTConnor BrownAssists: Victor Mete, Shane Pinto · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:29OTTTim StützleAssists: Artem Zub · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:55WPGMason AppletonAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:11OTTTim StützleGWGAssists: Connor Brown, Shane Pinto · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:07WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:54OTTTim StützleENAssists: Connor Brown · Backhand, 0.72 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:05OTTVictor Mete: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:48OTTEvgenii Dadonov: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 17:06WPGMason Appleton: Interference2 min
  4. P3 19:27WPGPaul Stastny: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
23Shots on goal29
3.3Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts61
24Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits28
18Blocked shots18
6Giveaways15
3Takeaways6

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. bestBrown – Pinto – Stützle11:04

    xG 1.21–0.52 (70%)attempts 14–10goals 3–0

  2. Dzingel – Tierney – Abramov8:09

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Paul – White12:12

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk12:23

    xG 0.48–0.65 (42%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMete – Zaitsev17:34

    xG 0.98–0.47 (68%)attempts 18–20goals 0–0

  2. Bernard-Docker – Alsing7:20

    xG 0.60–0.18 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Zaitsev – Zub2:20

    xG 0.05–0.03 (65%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Stastny – Perreault – Dubois11:10

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  2. Lowry – Copp – Appleton10:49

    xG 0.40–0.48 (45%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins7:59

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor16:32

    xG 0.56–1.21 (32%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – DeMelo2:34

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Heinola12:44

    xG 0.17–0.40 (29%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Forbort – Poolman16:22

    xG 0.61–0.85 (42%)attempts 12–16goals 0–2

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.

WPG 2.6 xGOTT 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #477 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

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

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