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Sat, Nov 23, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Vancouver Canucks 4, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1721014421
OTT0819212329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:36VANJake DeBruskPPAssists: Conor Garland, Filip Hronek · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:41OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Jake Sanderson, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:23VANTeddy BluegerAssists: Max Sasson, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:01VANJake DeBruskAssists: Kiefer Sherwood, Elias Pettersson · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:41VANKiefer SherwoodGWGAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson · Poke, 0.20 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:29OTTClaude GirouxPPAssists: Josh Norris · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:16OTTTim StützleAssists: Claude Giroux, Drake Batherson · Snap, 0.15 xG4–3
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 6:04VANNoah Juulsen: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 6:04OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:18OTTArtem Zub: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 12:29VANQuinn Hughes: Boarding5 min
  5. P1 12:29VANQuinn Hughes: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P1 18:12OTTArtem Zub: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 0:30OTTRidly Greig: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 3:02VANNils Hoglander: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 6:02OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P2 0:00VANCarson Soucy: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 0:00OTTBrady Tkachuk: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 11:24OTTNick Cousins: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 11:24OTTBrady Tkachuk: Cross checking2 min
  14. P3 13:43OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 13:43VANDakota Joshua: Fighting5 min · PPG
  16. P3 13:43OTTBrady Tkachuk: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 14:37VANNils Hoglander: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 14:37OTTTim Stützle: Roughing2 min
  19. P3 14:37VANNils Hoglander: Roughing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANOTT
21Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.7
38Shot attempts62
19Faceoffs won36
6Power plays3
30Penalty minutes33
37Hits36
19Blocked shots7
8Giveaways6
7Takeaways6

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDeBrusk – Pettersson – Sherwood6:47

    xG 0.51–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

  2. Räty – Bains – Sasson5:26

    xG 0.01–0.01 (36%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Joshua – Garland – Suter7:21

    xG 0.30–0.33 (48%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Heinen – Hoglander6:38

    xG 0.01–0.10 (6%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Hronek4:18

    xG 0.41–0.09 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 2–0

  2. Myers – Brannstrom9:12

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Hronek – Brannstrom2:01

    xG 0.14–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle2:11

    xG 0.11–0.03 (76%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Gaudette – MacEwen4:13

    xG 0.01–0.03 (35%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Tkachuk – Pinto – Greig4:41

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Amadio – Norris2:22

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sanderson – Zub10:39

    xG 0.21–0.26 (44%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Chabot2:11

    xG 0.02–0.12 (14%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Kleven6:41

    xG 0.01–0.12 (11%)attempts 4–3goals 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 2.7 xGVAN 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #383 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 65% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

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

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