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Wed, Jan 25, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Islanders 1, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 78% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI010112014136
OTT11411707238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:48OTTShane PintoAssists: Claude Giroux, Jake Sanderson · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:28OTTClaude GirouxPPGWGAssists: Ridly Greig, Jake Sanderson · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:07NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:09OTTParker Kelly: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 13:38NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:09OTTAustin Watson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:58NYIScott Mayfield: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:09OTTTravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:07OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:07NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 6:37NYIKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
36Shots on goal38
2.8Expected goals4.7
63Shot attempts82
31Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
24Hits17
19Blocked shots11
10Giveaways9
10Takeaways11

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBarzal – Beauvillier – Räty2:27

    xG 0.15–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Holmstrom – Räty3:08

    xG 0.17–0.07 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Lee – Nelson10:37

    xG 0.76–0.72 (51%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  4. Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom4:15

    xG 0.11–0.11 (49%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Bolduc12:24

    xG 1.26–0.84 (60%)attempts 20–17goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Romanov13:15

    xG 0.44–0.38 (54%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock14:59

    xG 0.32–0.93 (25%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBatherson – Tkachuk – Stützle4:18

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Joseph – Tkachuk – Stützle8:56

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – DeBrincat – Greig10:49

    xG 0.77–0.62 (55%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  4. Brassard – Batherson – Pinto8:27

    xG 0.45–0.41 (52%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Chabot14:05

    xG 0.92–0.52 (64%)attempts 20–16goals 0–0

  2. Zaitsev – Brannstrom9:16

    xG 0.27–0.11 (72%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Sanderson15:59

    xG 1.10–1.06 (51%)attempts 29–23goals 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 4.7 xGNYI 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #1123 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 78% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

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

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