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Wed, Nov 23, 2022·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Ottawa Senators 1, Vegas Golden Knights 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

VGK winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT113011016140
VGK11011729436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:02VGKMark StonePPAssists: Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:42OTTJake SandersonPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:23VGKWilliam CarrierGWGAssists: Zach Whitecloud, Nicolas Hague · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:39VGKWilliam KarlssonAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:19VGKJack EichelENAssists: Brayden McNabb · Backhand, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:17OTTTravis Hamonic: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:26OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:34VGKZach Whitecloud: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:52OTTTravis Hamonic: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:05OTTTim Stützle: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 19:26VGKNicolas Hague: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VGK
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eichel won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTVGK
40Shots on goal36
3.9Expected goals3.8
83Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
49Hits19
12Blocked shots24
6Giveaways10
15Takeaways10

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. bestBrassard – Motte – Joseph9:16

    xG 1.06–0.07 (94%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle13:07

    xG 0.95–0.57 (62%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1

  3. Giroux – DeBrincat – Pinto12:36

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly6:25

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Sanderson13:51

    xG 0.92–0.24 (80%)attempts 23–11goals 0–0

  2. Brannstrom – Zub16:57

    xG 1.11–0.61 (64%)attempts 26–11goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Thomson9:00

    xG 0.51–0.49 (51%)attempts 13–9goals 0–2

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. Carrier – Kolesar – Howden10:23

    xG 0.35–0.43 (45%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault10:23

    xG 0.20–0.46 (31%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Kessel – Amadio – Cotter7:02

    xG 0.09–0.71 (11%)attempts 3–16goals 0–0

  4. Stone – Stephenson – Eichel13:07

    xG 0.35–1.19 (23%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. McNabb – Theodore16:53

    xG 0.67–0.80 (46%)attempts 19–25goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Pietrangelo15:24

    xG 0.54–0.95 (36%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  3. Hague – Whitecloud15:36

    xG 0.17–1.32 (11%)attempts 6–31goals 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.

VGK 3.8 xGOTT 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #931 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 51% of the time.

VGK winsOTT wins

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

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