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Fri, Oct 7, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 3, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT09012311332
DET111316112539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:01DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Darren Helm, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:39DETNicklas LidstromUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:40DETCory EmmertonAssists: Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:38DETJiri HudlerGWGAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Jonathan Ericsson · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:12DETIan WhiteAssists: Drew Miller, Cory Emmerton · Slap, 0.02 xG0–5
  6. P3 5:49OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Jason Spezza, Nikita Filatov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:22OTTMilan MichalekPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:29OTTFilip KubaPPAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:06OTTBrian Lee: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:16OTTChris Neil: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:06DETIan White: Interference2 min
  4. P3 8:03DETIan White: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:09OTTFilip Kuba: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 15:13OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:37DETJakub Kindl: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:40OTTBobby Butler: Boarding2 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
32Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals3.8
56Shot attempts67
32Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
37Hits27
8Blocked shots15
8Giveaways5
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. bestSpezza – Michalek – Filatov11:45

    xG 0.66–0.51 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Neil – Foligno – Da Costa8:46

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Neil – Greening – Zibanejad3:16

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Foligno – Da Costa3:54

    xG 0.07–0.07 (48%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kuba – Karlsson14:14

    xG 0.65–0.68 (49%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  2. Phillips – Lee14:02

    xG 0.59–0.70 (46%)attempts 15–10goals 1–2

  3. Gonchar – Cowen14:40

    xG 0.38–0.81 (32%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Datsyuk – Hudler9:38

    xG 0.73–0.14 (84%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Abdelkader – Helm11:59

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  3. Zetterberg – Filppula – Franzen13:07

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Miller – Emmerton5:36

    xG 0.29–0.28 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Kindl10:54

    xG 0.91–0.24 (79%)attempts 14–8goals 3–0

  2. Lidstrom – White14:23

    xG 0.86–0.62 (58%)attempts 15–14goals 2–1

  3. Stuart – Kronwall13:57

    xG 0.67–0.60 (53%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

DET 3.8 xGOTT 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #192 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

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

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