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Tue, Nov 8, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Vancouver Canucks 6, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1818412628
OTT21601926441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:50OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Jacob Bernard-Docker · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:07VANBo HorvatAssists: Ethan Bear, Jack Rathbone · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:23OTTTravis HamonicAssists: Tim Stützle · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:50VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:16VANBo HorvatAssists: Conor Garland · Snap, 0.36 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:18VANOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Conor Garland, Brock Boeser · Snap, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 14:03OTTTim StützlePPAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:59VANJack StudnickaGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–3
  9. P3 17:09OTTClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jake Sanderson · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:15VANElias PetterssonENAssists: J.T. Miller, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.67 xG6–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:55VANVasily Podkolzin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:35OTTBrady Tkachuk: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:36VANLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:21OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:21VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:17OTTNikita Zaitsev: Holding2 min
  7. P3 6:13OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:34VANJ.T. Miller: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:19VANVasily Podkolzin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:47VANIlya Mikheyev: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 0:00VANEthan Bear: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 0:00OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANOTT
28Shots on goal41
3.2Expected goals5.0
45Shot attempts77
20Faceoffs won26
3Power plays5
17Penalty minutes13
24Hits25
16Blocked shots10
11Giveaways7
3Takeaways12

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Garland – Podkolzin10:19

    xG 0.80–0.64 (55%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  2. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko6:26

    xG 0.65–0.79 (45%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Pearson – Boeser10:53

    xG 0.24–0.56 (30%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Studnicka – Aman6:33

    xG 0.02–0.50 (4%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Ekman-Larsson13:04

    xG 1.04–1.12 (48%)attempts 13–16goals 3–2

  2. Schenn – Hughes13:15

    xG 0.47–0.58 (45%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  3. Bear – Rathbone12:41

    xG 0.28–0.97 (23%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle11:33

    xG 1.35–0.16 (89%)attempts 21–5goals 1–1

  2. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly4:42

    xG 0.59–0.17 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – DeBrincat – Batherson11:21

    xG 0.97–0.60 (62%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  4. Motte – Joseph – Pinto8:18

    xG 0.14–0.37 (28%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Bernard-Docker15:20

    xG 1.03–0.34 (75%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Zaitsev – Brannstrom7:47

    xG 0.75–0.24 (75%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Chabot – Brannstrom3:35

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

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 5.0 xGVAN 3.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #176 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 76% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

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

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