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Mon, Mar 14, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Arizona Coyotes 5, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 81% of the time.

OTT winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI261326515
OTT215017111343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:39OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:49ARILawson CrouseAssists: Phil Kessel, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:00ARILawson CrousePPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:01OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:12ARILawson CrouseSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:30OTTConnor BrownAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Artem Zub · Snap, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:46ARINick SchmaltzGWGAssists: Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:12ARIBarrett HaytonENAssists: J.J. Moser, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.60 xG5–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:45OTTBrady Tkachuk: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:29OTTThomas Chabot: Kneeing2 min
  3. P1 13:57ARINick Ritchie: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:42ARIPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:53ARINick Ritchie: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 0:00ARIKyle Capobianco: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← ARI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyd won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIOTT
15Shots on goal43
2.4Expected goals4.6
27Shot attempts82
20Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
16Hits24
17Blocked shots5
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Nash – Carcone – Maccelli8:52

    xG 0.21–0.52 (28%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – Galchenyuk – Crouse13:06

    xG 0.22–0.83 (21%)attempts 6–21goals 1–0

  3. Eriksson – Ritchie – Hayton8:33

    xG 0.18–0.90 (17%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

  4. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller14:24

    xG 0.21–1.24 (15%)attempts 3–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Capobianco – Kolyachonok13:16

    xG 0.25–0.67 (27%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Moser16:07

    xG 0.31–1.20 (21%)attempts 7–21goals 1–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo19:41

    xG 0.11–1.01 (10%)attempts 5–29goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Norris – Tkachuk13:24

    xG 1.45–0.18 (89%)attempts 23–2goals 2–1

  2. Ennis – Formenton – Stützle11:56

    xG 0.62–0.00 (100%)attempts 20–2goals 0–0

  3. Paul – Sanford – White12:49

    xG 0.79–0.25 (76%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Gambrell – Kelly5:13

    xG 0.07–0.15 (31%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Zaitsev13:11

    xG 1.66–0.32 (84%)attempts 21–6goals 1–1

  2. Chabot – Brannstrom5:48

    xG 0.66–0.10 (86%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Brannstrom9:26

    xG 0.50–0.14 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 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.

OTT 4.6 xGARI 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #256 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 81% of the time.

OTT winsARI wins

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

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