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Tue, Nov 4, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET02016114132
OTT0161729332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:37OTTErik KarlssonPPAssists: Kyle Turris, David Legwand · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:34DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Johan Franzen, Danny DeKeyser · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:37OTTPatrick WierciochGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Curtis Lazar · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:02OTTClarke MacArthurENAssists: Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.55 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:48DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:28DETJoakim Andersson: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 3:31OTTErik Karlsson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:00DETBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:30OTTChris Neil: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:55DETGustav Nyquist: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 14:56OTTJared Cowen: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
32Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals3.4
62Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits24
14Blocked shots13
8Giveaways12
8Takeaways12

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 – Nyquist2:37

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan8:11

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader8:12

    xG 0.26–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening7:35

    xG 0.05–0.21 (19%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – DeKeyser12:01

    xG 0.59–0.24 (71%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff11:37

    xG 0.42–0.38 (53%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – DeKeyser2:24

    xG 0.04–0.05 (48%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Stone – Lazar8:22

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Legwand – Neil – Smith9:51

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Condra – Zibanejad8:48

    xG 0.23–0.14 (63%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris11:59

    xG 0.39–0.90 (30%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCowen – Ceci8:34

    xG 0.39–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Wiercioch7:35

    xG 0.39–0.12 (77%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen5:01

    xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 5–5goals 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.

OTT 3.4 xGDET 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #696 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 53% 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).