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Tue, Dec 14, 2021·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Ottawa Senators 8, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 66% of the time.

FLA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11338417838
FLA19113013235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38OTTAustin WatsonAssists: Nick Paul, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:05FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Sam Reinhart, Lucas Carlsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:30OTTDylan GambrellSHAssists: Connor Brown · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:33FLASam ReinhartAssists: Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:06OTTJosh NorrisGWGAssists: Drake Batherson, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:26OTTTim StützleAssists: Connor Brown, Alex Formenton · Snap, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 0:23OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Drake Batherson · Snap, 0.20 xG5–2
  8. P3 6:10OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Josh Norris · Snap, 0.16 xG6–2
  9. P3 14:24OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Thomas Chabot, Drake Batherson · Slap, 0.34 xG7–2
  10. P3 14:57OTTNick PaulPPAssists: Connor Brown, Tyler Ennis · Wrist, 0.18 xG8–2
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 9:04OTTZachary Sanford: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 15:03OTTNikita Zaitsev: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:34OTTJosh Norris: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  4. P2 5:13FLAAnton Lundell: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:09OTTAustin Watson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 2:10OTTChris Tierney: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 3:43OTTArtem Zub: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 10:10OTTArtem Zub: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 10:10FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:10FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 10:10FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 12:50FLASam Bennett: Slashing2 min · PPG
  13. P3 12:50FLASam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 12:50OTTZachary Sanford: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 12:50FLASam Bennett: Fighting5 min · PPG
  16. P3 12:57FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 14:57FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Misconduct10 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundell won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTFLA
38Shots on goal35
4.4Expected goals3.3
54Shot attempts71
38Faceoffs won29
4Power plays6
21Penalty minutes37
26Hits26
24Blocked shots11
15Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

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 – Tkachuk11:12

    xG 1.10–0.66 (63%)attempts 14–22goals 3–0

  2. Brown – Formenton – Stützle9:27

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Watson – Paul – Gambrell10:42

    xG 0.54–0.45 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Ennis – Tierney – Sanford4:23

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeatherington – Mete9:38

    xG 0.86–0.33 (72%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zaitsev15:49

    xG 0.92–0.90 (51%)attempts 12–29goals 2–0

  3. Holden – Zub13:11

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Hornqvist – Heponiemi – Luostarinen9:15

    xG 0.61–0.57 (52%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Lundell7:29

    xG 0.23–0.31 (43%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Reinhart – Bennett5:12

    xG 0.21–0.33 (38%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Vatrano – Tippett8:07

    xG 0.05–0.50 (9%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Montour – Carlsson10:28

    xG 0.58–0.61 (49%)attempts 14–8goals 1–2

  2. Weegar – Ekblad10:45

    xG 0.27–0.55 (33%)attempts 15–8goals 0–2

  3. Gudas – Juolevi10:29

    xG 0.58–1.15 (34%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

FLA 3.3 xGOTT 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #634 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 66% of the time.

FLA winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).