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Wed, Mar 6, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Ottawa Senators 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 62% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1804018130
ANA031815216

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:44OTTMark KastelicAssists: Artem Zub, Matthew Highmore · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:42ANARyan StromeAssists: Frank Vatrano, Brett Leason · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:27ANAAlex KillornGWGAssists: Olen Zellweger, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:59ANAGlenn Gawdin: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:55ANAMax Jones: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:55OTTParker Kelly: Embellishment2 min
  4. P2 8:15ANARyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:26OTTJakob Chychrun: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:09ANAPavel Mintyukov: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 17:06OTTBrady Tkachuk: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 18:26OTTDrake Batherson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 19:19OTTThomas Chabot: 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundeström won the faceoff against Pinto
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTANA
30Shots on goal16
3.4Expected goals2.6
71Shot attempts42
27Faceoffs won18
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits36
14Blocked shots19
11Giveaways9
6Takeaways4

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. bestJoseph – Tkachuk – Pinto10:53

    xG 0.80–0.19 (81%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Highmore – Kastelic – Kelly5:30

    xG 0.38–0.01 (97%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Greig – Stützle3:13

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Batherson – Stützle6:40

    xG 0.19–0.11 (64%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub13:57

    xG 0.68–0.32 (68%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Chabot – Chychrun2:29

    xG 0.39–0.08 (82%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Chychrun – Brannstrom12:31

    xG 0.38–0.09 (82%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Silfverberg – Groulx – Regenda9:37

    xG 0.25–0.47 (35%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Vatrano – Leason11:31

    xG 0.24–0.59 (29%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Jones – Lundeström12:00

    xG 0.12–0.97 (11%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vaakanainen – LaCombe3:44

    xG 0.08–0.05 (60%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Vaakanainen – Lindstrom8:39

    xG 0.18–0.29 (39%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Fowler – Zellweger12:18

    xG 0.20–0.55 (26%)attempts 6–14goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGOTT 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #1075 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 62% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

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

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