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Sat, Mar 5, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Ottawa Senators 5, Arizona Coyotes 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT013315218546
ARI210210411831

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:10ARINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:53ARIClayton KellerAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:50ARINick SchmaltzUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–3
  4. P2 12:35ARIMatias MaccelliAssists: Phil Kessel, Shayne Gostisbehere · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P2 13:54OTTParker KellyAssists: Thomas Chabot, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P2 15:11OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Thomas Chabot, Tim Stützle · Slap, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P2 16:06OTTParker KellyAssists: Connor Brown, Thomas Chabot · Slap, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 0:56OTTAlex FormentonAssists: Tim Stützle, Adam Gaudette · Tip-in, 0.23 xG4–4
  9. P3 1:53OTTNick PaulAssists: Nick Holden, Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–4
  10. P3 4:07ARIClayton KellerAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–5
  11. P3 6:57ARILawson CrousePPGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–6
  12. P3 14:53ARIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Dysin Mayo · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–7
  13. P3 16:26ARIDysin MayoAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–8
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:03OTTNikita Zaitsev: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:45ARIPhil Kessel: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:10OTTBrady Tkachuk: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 19:18OTTAustin Watson: Interference2 min
  5. P1 19:18OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 19:18ARILawson Crouse: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:09ARIChristian Fischer: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:12OTTNick Paul: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:11OTTArtem Zub: 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 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Fischer
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTARI
46Shots on goal31
3.9Expected goals4.0
77Shot attempts55
44Faceoffs won20
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
25Hits22
14Blocked shots17
15Giveaways36
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. bestPaul – Sanford – White6:45

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 9–3goals 1–1

  2. Watson – Gambrell – Kelly5:39

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Gaudette – Formenton – Stützle9:33

    xG 0.67–0.66 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  4. Brown – Norris – Tkachuk7:15

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev12:33

    xG 0.63–0.55 (53%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  2. Holden – Zub14:16

    xG 0.85–0.78 (52%)attempts 17–12goals 2–1

  3. Brown – Brannstrom7:32

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyd – Schmaltz – Keller14:09

    xG 1.05–0.42 (72%)attempts 9–17goals 3–0

  2. Roussel – Fischer – Crouse10:02

    xG 0.54–0.51 (51%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Kessel – Galchenyuk – Maccelli7:03

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 5–9goals 1–2

  4. Eriksson – Ritchie – Hayton10:17

    xG 0.26–0.47 (36%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Mayo13:29

    xG 1.35–0.41 (77%)attempts 11–18goals 6–0

  2. Chychrun – Kolyachonok14:58

    xG 0.73–0.60 (55%)attempts 16–15goals 0–3

  3. Stralman – Chychrun2:24

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

ARI 4.0 xGOTT 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #17 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 12 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsOTT wins

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

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