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Sat, Mar 11, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Ottawa Senators 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 80% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT050728220
VAN11028212530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:05VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: J.T. Miller, Tyler Myers · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:26VANJ.T. MillerSHAssists: Nils Aman · Snap, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:27VANNils AmanGWGAssists: Dakota Joshua, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:50VANSheldon DriesAssists: Dakota Joshua, Guillaume Brisebois · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:39OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Thomas Chabot, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:44OTTNick HoldenAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:45VANAndrei KuzmenkoENAssists: Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 8:32OTTShane Pinto: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:55OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:55VANKyle Burroughs: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:24OTTShane Pinto: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 3:23VANAnthony Beauvillier: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:00OTTDrake Batherson: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 1:51OTTPatrick Brown: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:05VANTyler Myers: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:05OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 7:45OTTDerick Brassard: Boarding2 min
  11. P3 9:51VANNils Aman: Holding2 min
  12. P3 18:02VANQuinn Hughes: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  13. P3 18:12OTTClaude Giroux: Interference2 min · PPG
  14. P3 18:34OTTThomas Chabot: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackVAN 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.

OTTVAN
20Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals4.9
48Shot attempts58
35Faceoffs won32
3Power plays6
21Penalty minutes13
31Hits22
12Blocked shots14
10Giveaways5
11Takeaways8

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 – Stützle11:05

    xG 1.25–0.72 (63%)attempts 21–7goals 1–2

  2. Brassard – Watson – Kastelic4:06

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Joseph – Gambrell3:44

    xG 0.01–0.11 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto8:43

    xG 0.14–0.60 (19%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Sanderson6:18

    xG 0.73–0.33 (69%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Chychrun7:46

    xG 0.52–0.23 (69%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Holden – Chychrun7:09

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko7:18

    xG 0.56–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Joshua – Garland – Aman8:22

    xG 0.47–0.56 (46%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Dries – Kravtsov – Podkolzin4:53

    xG 0.04–0.33 (11%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:30

    xG 0.29–0.65 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJuulsen – Hughes11:50

    xG 0.88–0.25 (78%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Burroughs – Wolanin7:25

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

  3. Myers – Hughes2:57

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

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.

VAN 4.9 xGOTT 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #543 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 80% of the time.

VAN winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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