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Sun, Dec 1, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 4, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01021023423
OTT01011418232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:22DETJohan FranzenAssists: Jakub Kindl, Daniel Alfredsson · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:13DETDrew MillerAssists: Tomas Tatar, Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:14OTTClarke MacArthurAssists: Milan Michalek, Chris Phillips · Snap, 0.38 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:58DETDrew MillerGWGAssists: Brendan Smith, Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:39OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Erik Karlsson, Zack Smith · Snap, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:57DETDaniel AlfredssonENAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.54 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:39DETMikael Samuelsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:51DETMikael Samuelsson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 5:40DETBrendan Smith: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:39OTTMilan Michalek: Holding2 min
  5. P3 8:26DETBrendan Smith: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Helm won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
23Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals1.9
39Shot attempts67
33Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
19Hits28
21Blocked shots12
10Giveaways7
8Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist12:30

    xG 0.26–0.12 (69%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Andersson – Tatar7:33

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Cleary – Samuelsson – Weiss6:12

    xG 0.13–0.07 (66%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Helm12:01

    xG 0.14–0.23 (39%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kindl – Smith2:25

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Smith13:23

    xG 0.18–0.22 (45%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson16:34

    xG 0.19–0.26 (43%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Michalek – MacArthur2:33

    xG 0.43–0.10 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 1–1

  2. Condra – Grant – Conacher4:23

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Zibanejad8:20

    xG 0.14–0.07 (67%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Ryan – Turris2:15

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Corvo14:07

    xG 0.35–0.29 (54%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Wiercioch – Borowiecki8:18

    xG 0.11–0.06 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen16:45

    xG 0.34–0.36 (48%)attempts 16–11goals 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.

OTT 1.9 xGDET 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #649 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

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

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