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Thu, Mar 14, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Ottawa Senators 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT01301326052337
CBJ1909119001237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:15CBJBoone JennerAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Adam Boqvist · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:21CBJAlex NylanderPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:25OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Boris Katchouk, Mark Kastelic · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:27OTTTim StützleAssists: Jacob Bernard-Docker, Erik Brannstrom · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  2. 2. OTT Tim Stützle scored
  3. 3. CBJ Alexandre Texier scored
  4. 4. OTT Drake Batherson stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Kirill Marchenko stopped
  6. 6. OTT Claude Giroux scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:18CBJCole Sillinger: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:00OTTTim Stützle: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:27OTTShane Pinto: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 11:43CBJBoone Jenner: Interference2 min
  5. P3 4:00OTTBrady Tkachuk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. OT 3:00CBJAlexandre Texier: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% 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
37Shots on goal37
4.5Expected goals4.0
82Shot attempts84
23Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits14
22Blocked shots23
0Giveaways4
4Takeaways7

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. bestKatchouk – Kastelic – Kelly7:34

    xG 0.34–0.04 (88%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle11:45

    xG 0.55–0.50 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

  3. Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto13:48

    xG 0.52–0.53 (50%)attempts 19–20goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Greig – Ostapchuk7:05

    xG 0.55–0.56 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub16:05

    xG 0.91–0.68 (57%)attempts 24–25goals 0–1

  2. Brannstrom – Bernard-Docker13:17

    xG 0.67–0.47 (59%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Chychrun – Guenette15:51

    xG 0.51–1.07 (32%)attempts 22–24goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGaunce – Olivier – Meyer9:24

    xG 0.58–0.22 (73%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Texier – Marchenko – Sillinger12:30

    xG 0.35–0.48 (43%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Jenner – Nylander12:44

    xG 0.34–0.54 (38%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  4. Fix-Wolansky – Voronkov – Pyyhtia7:35

    xG 0.42–0.81 (34%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Bean5:46

    xG 0.49–0.12 (81%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Provorov6:08

    xG 0.33–0.03 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Severson3:43

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

CBJ 4.0 xGOTT 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 69/100 · #472 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 57% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
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+7

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