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2021-05-03 · Canadian Tire Centre

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OTT beat WPG 2–1. OTT lost the expected-goals battle 1.6 to 2.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Nikita Zaitsev scored at 18:47 of the third, moving OTT’s win probability from 50% to 95%. Filip Gustavsson saved 1.9 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 18
Expected goals
2.4 – 1.6
xG share
WPG 59%
Home-ice start
OTT 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

WPG goalOTT goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

WPGOTT

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

OTT
Filip Gustavsson
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.94
+1.94
OTT
1 G, 1 A · 20:51 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing +0.60 · Penalties +0.36
+1.19
WPG
1 G, 0 A · 24:27 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.33
+0.45

Rough nights

WPG
59:12 TOI
GSAx −0.60
−0.60
WPG
0 G, 0 A · 17:57 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.33
−0.42
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 15:56 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.40 · Faceoffs −0.07
−0.42

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalWPG–OTTWin prob.
P1 11:31 OTTConnor BrownSH
from Nick Paul
0–153% → 70%
P3 9:46 WPGJosh Morrissey
from Neal Pionk, Blake Wheeler
1–117% → 48%
P3 18:47 OTTNikita Zaitsev
from Drake Batherson, Connor Brown
1–250% → 95%

Every player

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WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Josh Morrissey D24:271+0.45+0.13+0.33−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan DeMelo D14:19+0.23+0.02+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Mark Scheifele C23:36+0.10+0.06−0.10+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.09
Mathieu Perreault C15:46−0.00+0.02−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle Connor L23:38−0.02+0.05−0.25−0.00−0.01+0.18+0.00
Kristian Vesalainen L5:55−0.03+0.00−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tucker Poolman D14:15−0.05−0.05+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Appleton C7:59−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Trevor Lewis C8:38−0.08−0.03−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C18:46−0.09−0.07−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Nate Thompson C7:41−0.11−0.03−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Blake Wheeler R20:561−0.14+0.06−0.39+0.02−0.00+0.18+0.00
Logan Stanley D13:49−0.18−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
Derek Forbort D17:53−0.22−0.22+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Neal Pionk D23:541−0.29+0.01−0.30+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Paul Stastny C17:06−0.30−0.03−0.30−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Pierre-Luc Dubois C16:13−0.35+0.05−0.19−0.01−0.00−0.18−0.02
Adam Lowry C17:57−0.42−0.12−0.33−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Laurent Brossoit G59:12−0.60

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Connor Brown R20:5111+1.19+0.24+0.60−0.01−0.00+0.36+0.00
Nikita Zaitsev D25:261+0.44−0.10+0.90−0.02+0.02−0.36+0.00
Erik Brannstrom D20:37+0.09+0.11−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Victor Mete D23:46+0.09+0.07+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Dzingel C9:01+0.09+0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Tierney C11:34+0.01+0.03−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C10:06−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Thomas Chabot D2:57−0.02+0.01−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Formenton L12:02−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D24:07−0.06−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Paul L17:501−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Colin White C15:52−0.08−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Joshua Brown D18:21−0.12+0.06+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.18+0.00
Drake Batherson R13:571−0.13+0.10−0.05−0.00+0.01−0.18+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L12:15−0.15−0.10−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tim Stützle C14:31−0.20+0.02−0.22+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L16:51−0.34−0.05−0.24−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.02
Josh Norris C15:56−0.42+0.08−0.40−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.07
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G60:00+1.94

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.