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Tue, Apr 19, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT0141829002431
VAN21001618031337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:55VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:14VANBrock BoeserAssists: Brad Hunt, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:04OTTAlex FormentonAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Tim Stützle · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:17OTTParker KellyAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Artem Zub · Snap, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:49OTTAlex FormentonAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:47VANTravis DermottAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  2. 2. OTT Tim Stützle stopped
  3. 3. VAN J.T. Miller scored
  4. 4. OTT Josh Norris stopped
  5. 5. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  6. 6. OTT Drake Batherson scored
  7. 7. VAN Conor Garland stopped
  8. 8. OTT Brady Tkachuk stopped
  9. 9. VAN Nic Petan stopped
  10. 10. OTT Adam Gaudette scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:49OTTDylan Gambrell: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:10OTTZach Senyshyn: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:07VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:43OTTArtem Zub: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:37OTTDylan Gambrell: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 5:37VANVasily Podkolzin: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 5:37OTTJosh Norris: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVAN
31Shots on goal37
4.0Expected goals5.8
44Shot attempts80
14Faceoffs won21
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
39Hits23
22Blocked shots7
5Giveaways12
7Takeaways10

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. bestFormenton – Batherson – Stützle3:46

    xG 1.49–0.37 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Watson – Gambrell – Kelly10:38

    xG 0.91–0.59 (61%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Formenton – Stützle6:54

    xG 0.88–0.73 (55%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  4. Tierney – Senyshyn – Gaudette2:50

    xG 0.00–0.02 (2%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Zub12:58

    xG 1.02–0.63 (62%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Del Zotto – Hamonic13:06

    xG 1.35–1.10 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Zaitsev12:26

    xG 0.61–0.45 (57%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Garland – Podkolzin9:36

    xG 1.00–0.39 (72%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Lammikko – Highmore – Lockwood10:14

    xG 0.59–0.82 (42%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Richardson – Petan – Dries5:52

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Boeser – Pettersson10:01

    xG 0.53–1.68 (24%)attempts 10–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson13:56

    xG 1.69–1.13 (60%)attempts 24–10goals 0–1

  2. Hunt – Dermott10:00

    xG 0.87–0.81 (52%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Dermott – Hughes3:02

    xG 0.09–0.18 (34%)attempts 1–3goals 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 5.8 xGOTT 4.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #255 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 73% 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).