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Sat, Apr 11, 2026·UBS Arena, Elmont

Ottawa Senators 3, New York Islanders 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT150427316
NYI080708023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:06OTTRidly GreigSHGWGAssists: Michael Amadio · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 12:36OTTJake SandersonPPAssists: Dylan Cozens, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:29OTTMichael AmadioENAssists: Shane Pinto, Ridly Greig · Wrist, 0.83 xG3–0
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:01OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:01NYIAnders Lee: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:05NYIKyle MacLean: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:37OTTDrake Batherson: Holding2 min
  5. P1 17:02OTTDrake Batherson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:47NYITony DeAngelo: Interference2 min
  7. P2 14:37OTTJordan Spence: Holding2 min
  8. P2 19:40OTTJordan Spence: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 3:16NYIEmil Heineman: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 7:17OTTDylan Cozens: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 11:04NYICarson Soucy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 11:38NYIRyan Pulock: 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 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cozens won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTNYI
16Shots on goal23
2.5Expected goals2.8
40Shot attempts55
28Faceoffs won23
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes15
27Hits26
15Blocked shots12
12Giveaways10
3Takeaways5

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. bestTkachuk – Cozens – Greig5:26

    xG 0.18–0.09 (65%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Batherson – Stützle5:49

    xG 0.13–0.27 (33%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Foegele – Zetterlund3:59

    xG 0.00–0.17 (1%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Amadio – Pinto7:03

    xG 0.12–0.33 (27%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Thomson – Matinpalo6:11

    xG 0.09–0.22 (30%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Sanderson – Zub11:27

    xG 0.35–0.70 (33%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Spence14:57

    xG 0.21–0.76 (22%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestCizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb6:08

    xG 0.69–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Holmstrom5:20

    xG 0.35–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Barzal – Ritchie7:07

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Pageau – Heineman4:53

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Soucy8:27

    xG 0.64–0.14 (82%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. DeAngelo – Schaefer4:13

    xG 0.25–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Schaefer7:44

    xG 0.32–0.17 (66%)attempts 5–7goals 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.

NYI 2.8 xGOTT 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1202 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsOTT wins

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

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