Sun, Dec 8, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
New York Islanders 4, Ottawa Senators 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 62% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYI | 25 | 05 | 23 | 413 |
| OTT | 112 | 17 | 012 | 231 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 5:37OTTAdam GaudetteAssists: Noah Gregor, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
- P1 12:27NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Noah Dobson, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
- P1 14:48NYIKyle MacLeanAssists: Dennis Cholowski, Pierre Engvall · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
- P2 0:37OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
- P3 13:46NYIKyle PalmieriPPGWGAssists: Anders Lee, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
- P3 19:09NYIBo HorvatENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.42 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
- P1 12:09OTTClaude Giroux: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P1 19:22NYIKyle Palmieri: Interference2 min · PPG
- P2 12:34NYIKyle MacLean: High sticking2 min
- P3 7:16NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Tripping2 min
- P3 13:00OTTJosh Norris: Tripping2 min · PPG
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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Pinto
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestMartin – Engvall – MacLean7:26
xG 0.34–0.14 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0
- Palmieri – Lee – Nelson13:22
xG 0.05–0.28 (14%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0
- Cizikas – Wahlstrom – Holmstrom8:10
xG 0.13–0.37 (26%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1
- Pageau – Horvat – Tsyplakov13:55
xG 0.13–1.55 (8%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Mayfield – Cholowski13:43
xG 0.20–0.42 (32%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0
- Dobson – George12:09
xG 0.15–0.46 (24%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1
- Pulock – Romanov17:19
xG 0.11–1.07 (9%)attempts 9–23goals 0–0
Ottawa Senators
Forward lines
- bestCousins – Amadio – Pinto11:16
xG 1.11–0.01 (99%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0
- Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle2:03
xG 0.26–0.02 (92%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0
- Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk9:50
xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
- Giroux – Gaudette – Stützle12:08
xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestJensen – Chabot16:34
xG 1.26–0.34 (78%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0
- Hamonic – Sanderson14:26
xG 0.47–0.07 (87%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0
- Bernard-Docker – Kleven13:20
xG 0.44–0.13 (76%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.
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.
Simulated goal difference (OTT − NYI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).