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Sun, Apr 2, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Ottawa Senators 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 61% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT311080800327
CBJ26071811422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:41CBJKent JohnsonPPAssists: Gavin Bayreuther, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:00OTTDylan GambrellAssists: Erik Brannstrom · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:05CBJEric RobinsonAssists: Emil Bemstrom, Justin Richards · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 9:26OTTMark KastelicAssists: Tyler Kleven · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P1 14:46OTTAlex DeBrincatAssists: Ridly Greig · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:11CBJBoone JennerAssists: Kirill Marchenko, Billy Sweezey · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:16CBJKirill MarchenkoGWGAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:47OTTMathieu Joseph: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:37CBJBoone Jenner: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 4:08CBJMarcus Bjork: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 8:58OTTRidly Greig: Holding2 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCBJ
27Shots on goal22
2.7Expected goals2.1
60Shot attempts45
22Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits27
11Blocked shots12
2Giveaways2
2Takeaways5

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. bestDeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto3:56

    xG 0.50–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Joseph – Gambrell – Pinto6:06

    xG 0.20–0.03 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. DeBrincat – Batherson – Greig7:37

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Watson – Brown – Kastelic7:31

    xG 0.34–0.35 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBernard-Docker – Kleven14:27

    xG 0.99–0.19 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Holden – Brannstrom14:25

    xG 0.46–0.40 (54%)attempts 10–14goals 2–0

  3. Sanderson – Zub16:16

    xG 0.55–0.77 (42%)attempts 15–15goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko15:52

    xG 0.69–0.58 (54%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Bemstrom – Robinson – Richards5:25

    xG 0.08–0.13 (40%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Kuraly – Foudy – Johnson11:08

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Luoto – Dunne – McKown4:10

    xG 0.13–0.40 (24%)attempts 4–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestChristiansen – Bjork14:02

    xG 0.60–0.32 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Peeke – Bayreuther18:47

    xG 0.47–0.79 (37%)attempts 13–21goals 1–1

  3. Berni – Sweezey14:13

    xG 0.31–0.86 (27%)attempts 8–17goals 1–1

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.

CBJ 2.1 xGOTT 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #300 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 61% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

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

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