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Wed, Oct 23, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 6, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT3911227628
DET11201307132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:46OTTEric GrybaAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Erik Condra · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:48OTTJason SpezzaPPGWGAssists: Chris Phillips, Erik Karlsson · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:14OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Joe Corvo, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P1 16:14DETTodd BertuzziPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:12OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Erik Karlsson, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–1
  6. P3 1:50OTTJared CowenAssists: Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–1
  7. P3 6:13OTTBobby RyanAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.16 xG6–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:22DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:07DETKyle Quincey: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:56OTTColin Greening: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:49OTTBobby Ryan: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 3:23OTTJared Cowen: Elbowing2 min
  6. P3 10:57DETDaniel Alfredsson: 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
28Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts53
28Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits27
11Blocked shots11
7Giveaways14
7Takeaways12

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. bestMacArthur – Ryan – Turris14:07

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Smith – Conacher10:59

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Greening11:43

    xG 0.60–0.59 (51%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  4. Condra – Grant – Zibanejad8:46

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Cowen13:05

    xG 0.81–0.44 (65%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson20:08

    xG 0.87–0.59 (60%)attempts 19–18goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen2:25

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Weiss – Tatar2:38

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Datsyuk – Tatar3:57

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Miller – Andersson9:57

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader2:59

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser16:22

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Kindl – Lashoff11:52

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Kronwall – Kindl2:49

    xG 0.03–0.23 (11%)attempts 2–6goals 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 1.8 xGOTT 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #881 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 55% 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).