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Fri, Nov 24, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Islanders 5, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 50% of the time.

OTT winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1123915526
OTT110211010331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:25OTTDrake BathersonPPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:55NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Brock Nelson, Alexander Romanov · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:22NYIOliver WahlstromAssists: Alexander Romanov, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:51NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:57NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Oliver Wahlstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
  6. P2 10:56OTTTim StützleAssists: Mathieu Joseph · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P2 11:43OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Tim Stützle, Mathieu Joseph · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 5:18NYISimon HolmstromAssists: Noah Dobson, Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.15 xG5–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:37NYIRyan Pulock: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:50NYIBo Horvat: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:22OTTParker Kelly: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 13:47NYIMathew Barzal: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chartier won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIOTT
26Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts82
36Faceoffs won25
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
31Hits28
31Blocked shots17
12Giveaways9
9Takeaways2

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. bestLee – Pageau – Wahlstrom8:44

    xG 1.23–0.08 (94%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall10:53

    xG 0.97–0.57 (63%)attempts 11–23goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Fasching10:06

    xG 0.01–0.26 (5%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

  4. Horvat – Barzal – Holmstrom11:18

    xG 0.33–0.62 (35%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Romanov21:39

    xG 1.28–0.54 (70%)attempts 18–30goals 3–1

  2. Mayfield – Dobson20:06

    xG 1.25–0.61 (67%)attempts 22–25goals 1–1

  3. Dobson – Romanov3:10

    xG 0.06–0.00 (99%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNorris – Batherson – Tkachuk3:51

    xG 0.10–0.02 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Chartier – Highmore – Kelly6:08

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle13:29

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  4. Kubalik – Batherson – Jarventie4:52

    xG 0.18–0.26 (41%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub16:28

    xG 0.96–0.63 (61%)attempts 21–9goals 1–1

  2. Hamonic – Brannstrom15:03

    xG 0.55–0.39 (59%)attempts 24–13goals 1–1

  3. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker13:54

    xG 0.21–0.74 (22%)attempts 16–16goals 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 2.8 xGNYI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #348 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 28% (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 50% 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).