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Tue, Dec 5, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New York Rangers 2, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 75% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01021609235
OTT210315111636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:00OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Artem Zub, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:34OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Jacob Bernard-Docker, Josh Norris · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:39NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:13OTTVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:35NYRK'Andre MillerAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P2 7:18OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:43OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Artem Zub, Erik Brannstrom · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:10OTTVladimir TarasenkoENAssists: Drake Batherson, Erik Brannstrom · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:42NYRArtemi Panarin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:21NYRJacob Trouba: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 19:44OTTDominik Kubalik: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:19OTTDrake Batherson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:28OTTJosh Norris: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 4:03OTTTim Stützle: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:03NYRErik Gustafsson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:03OTTDominik Kubalik: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 8:03NYRErik Gustafsson: Fighting5 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYROTT
35Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals4.3
54Shot attempts68
34Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
18Hits15
19Blocked shots9
13Giveaways13
7Takeaways8

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière11:39

    xG 1.25–0.79 (61%)attempts 16–18goals 1–2

  2. Pitlick – Vesey – Brodzinski6:36

    xG 0.05–0.06 (45%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Bonino – Cuylle10:16

    xG 0.40–0.43 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Panarin2:18

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren14:12

    xG 0.47–0.24 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Trouba – Miller13:27

    xG 1.10–1.22 (47%)attempts 16–26goals 1–2

  3. Gustafsson – Schneider12:13

    xG 0.14–0.67 (17%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Norris – Tkachuk12:49

    xG 1.06–0.42 (72%)attempts 22–8goals 2–0

  2. Chartier – MacEwen – Kelly2:25

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Batherson – Stützle12:26

    xG 0.38–0.70 (35%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  4. Kubalik – Joseph – Greig5:53

    xG 0.06–0.66 (8%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Zub15:25

    xG 1.25–0.86 (59%)attempts 28–13goals 2–1

  2. Bernard-Docker – Sanderson10:29

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  3. Hamonic – Chychrun13:31

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

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.

OTT 4.3 xGNYR 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #684 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 75% of the time.

OTT winsNYR wins

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

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