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Fri, Oct 30, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 3, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11218115335
DET01011109130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:46OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:10OTTMatt PuempelGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:00DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Teemu Pulkkinen, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:05OTTBobby RyanENAssists: Milan Michalek · Wrist, 0.67 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:45DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 19:14OTTCody Ceci: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:13OTTChris Neil: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:48OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:53DETTomas Jurco: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:44OTTCody Ceci: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:37OTTZack Smith: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 18:56DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 8:59DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
35Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits22
13Blocked shots6
2Giveaways6
2Takeaways5

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. bestRyan – Zibanejad – Puempel8:21

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Turris – Stone – Prince8:30

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau8:42

    xG 0.05–0.08 (40%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Smith – McCormick4:20

    xG 0.03–0.28 (9%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Ceci11:22

    xG 0.48–0.19 (71%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson13:25

    xG 0.53–0.29 (64%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Borowiecki – Cowen12:55

    xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin8:26

    xG 0.25–0.05 (85%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan5:40

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  3. Helm – Pulkkinen – Jurco6:19

    xG 0.16–0.21 (43%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening6:45

    xG 0.07–0.21 (26%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kronwall – Ericsson10:52

    xG 0.31–0.30 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – Smith12:00

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – DeKeyser12:18

    xG 0.34–0.55 (38%)attempts 10–14goals 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 2.1 xGOTT 3.4 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 35/100 · #831 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 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).