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Sat, Nov 23, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 4, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 55% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT27011211429
DET11706113236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:23DETDarren HelmPPAssists: Tomas Tatar, Jakub Kindl · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:33OTTClarke MacArthurAssists: Bobby Ryan, Patrick Wiercioch · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:44OTTChris NeilAssists: Cory Conacher, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:08DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:51OTTBobby RyanPPGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:58OTTClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.47 xG4–2
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 11:32OTTChris Neil: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:44OTTCory Conacher: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:16OTTJared Cowen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:42OTTChris Phillips: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:32DETDaniel Cleary: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 9:54OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:54DETBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 12:02DETTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 19:43OTTJason Spezza: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 0:29OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 1:57DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 2:36DETKyle Quincey: High sticking double minor4 min
  13. P3 9:14OTTJared Cowen: High sticking2 min
  14. P3 9:42OTTMark Borowiecki: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 12:59OTTClarke MacArthur: Holding2 min
  16. P3 12:59DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  17. P3 14:09DETNiklas Kronwall: Roughing2 min · PPG
  18. P3 16:22DETGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min
  19. P3 18:26DETJimmy Howard: Slashing2 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 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
29Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals2.8
48Shot attempts59
42Faceoffs won40
8Power plays8
23Penalty minutes23
27Hits15
10Blocked shots9
6Giveaways6
6Takeaways6

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 – Turris8:16

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Michalek – Zibanejad8:39

    xG 0.09–0.16 (36%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Smith – Conacher7:38

    xG 0.30–0.50 (38%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  4. Greening – Condra – Grant5:34

    xG 0.01–0.33 (4%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Methot – Karlsson13:02

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Phillips – Borowiecki9:01

    xG 0.29–0.36 (45%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Wiercioch – Cowen9:45

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Miller – Andersson4:50

    xG 0.30–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Datsyuk – Weiss5:57

    xG 0.26–0.07 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist7:38

    xG 0.22–0.23 (48%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Abdelkader – Helm – Tatar4:13

    xG 0.12–0.23 (36%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith8:54

    xG 0.55–0.17 (76%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Kindl – Lashoff6:46

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Quincey2:23

    xG 0.03–0.09 (23%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

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 2.8 xGOTT 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 50/100 · #560 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 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).