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Thu, Mar 2, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Ottawa Senators 5, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT08214312534
NYR11221406332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:31NYRChris KreiderSHAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:42OTTShane PintoAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:03OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Dylan Gambrell · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:15NYRJacob TroubaAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:54NYRVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Ben Harpur · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:35OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:26OTTClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Travis Hamonic, Brady Tkachuk · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:18OTTTim StützleENAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.80 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:00NYRJimmy Vesey: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 12:49OTTAustin Watson: Charging5 min
  3. P1 12:49OTTAustin Watson: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P1 19:26OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 2:20OTTJakob Chychrun: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 5:33NYRBraden Schneider: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 15:52OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min
  8. P2 19:16NYRNiko Mikkola: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYR
34Shots on goal32
4.3Expected goals3.8
54Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
21Penalty minutes6
18Hits20
17Blocked shots9
10Giveaways19
12Takeaways12

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 – Stützle10:25

    xG 1.06–0.32 (77%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto11:30

    xG 0.89–0.77 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Brassard – Joseph – Gambrell3:35

    xG 0.13–0.02 (85%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Brassard – Watson – Kastelic2:21

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zub13:49

    xG 1.50–0.55 (73%)attempts 21–9goals 1–1

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson11:01

    xG 0.67–0.40 (62%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Holden – Chychrun10:32

    xG 0.21–0.80 (20%)attempts 4–14goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad9:04

    xG 0.68–0.49 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière7:10

    xG 0.33–0.30 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 0–2

  3. Kane – Trocheck – Panarin10:25

    xG 0.56–0.56 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

  4. Goodrow – Vesey – Lafrenière2:21

    xG 0.09–0.40 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Harpur6:51

    xG 0.49–0.23 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Mikkola4:21

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Harpur – Schneider3:43

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

NYR 3.8 xGOTT 4.3 xG
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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 91/100 · #157 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 58% of the time.

NYR winsOTT wins

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

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