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Fri, Dec 2, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 3, New York Rangers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT0911111413337
NYR190611002227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:31NYRVitali KravtsovAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:16OTTTim StützlePPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Alex DeBrincat · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:03NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Kreider, Braden Schneider · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:11OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Thomas Chabot · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:42OTTBrady TkachukGWGAssists: Thomas Chabot · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:20NYRFilip Chytil: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 3:47OTTArtem Zub: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 12:04NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:58NYRJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:58OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 17:48NYRBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 17:48OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 3:33OTTTim Stützle: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 9:34NYRVitali Kravtsov: High sticking2 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 SOG0NYR
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
37Shots on goal27
3.5Expected goals3.1
59Shot attempts60
37Faceoffs won35
4Power plays2
14Penalty minutes18
26Hits23
19Blocked shots10
9Giveaways17
7Takeaways9

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. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle10:42

    xG 1.05–0.67 (61%)attempts 19–14goals 0–1

  2. Motte – Joseph – Gambrell9:01

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly5:02

    xG 0.08–0.01 (91%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto12:40

    xG 0.24–0.91 (21%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev2:40

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson11:18

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Chabot – Zub17:08

    xG 1.00–0.90 (53%)attempts 17–22goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Vesey12:09

    xG 0.64–0.35 (65%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Kakko – Lafrenière9:45

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Panarin – Chytil – Kravtsov10:19

    xG 0.76–0.61 (55%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  4. Goodrow – Blais – Gauthier7:22

    xG 0.09–0.27 (24%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Schneider12:01

    xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Miller4:56

    xG 0.39–0.31 (56%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Hajek – Schneider2:56

    xG 0.07–0.05 (60%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

NYR 3.1 xGOTT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYROTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #385 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 56% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).