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Sat, Oct 31, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 5, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1921227528
OTT01317216336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:55DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:29DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Tatar · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:36OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:05DETJonathan EricssonAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Darren Helm · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:39DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Luke Glendening · Wrap-around, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:35DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–1
  7. P3 15:51OTTMark StoneUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:51OTTBobby RyanAssists: Shane Prince, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.24 xG5–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:03DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:10OTTCody Ceci: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:10DETBrendan Smith: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:22DETGustav Nyquist: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 4:53OTTChris Neil: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:08OTTMark Stone: Illegal check to head2 min
  7. P3 9:54DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:54OTTAlex Chiasson: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 16:35OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 16:35DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 16:35OTTChris Neil: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 16:35DETJonathan Ericsson: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 16:35OTTChris Neil: Game misconduct10 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
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
28Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals2.7
51Shot attempts73
36Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
20Penalty minutes30
22Hits26
23Blocked shots8
13Giveaways12
4Takeaways11

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 – Abdelkader – Larkin12:24

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan7:37

    xG 0.14–0.27 (35%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  3. Helm – Andersson – Pulkkinen6:43

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  4. Miller – Ferraro – Glendening10:03

    xG 0.08–0.46 (14%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Smith11:05

    xG 0.89–0.31 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Marchenko3:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – DeKeyser12:58

    xG 0.38–0.42 (48%)attempts 8–19goals 2–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Stone – Prince10:35

    xG 0.58–0.41 (59%)attempts 22–8goals 2–3

  2. Neil – Smith – McCormick8:30

    xG 0.15–0.05 (75%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Zibanejad – Puempel9:35

    xG 0.32–0.60 (35%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau8:22

    xG 0.04–0.38 (9%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wiercioch2:02

    xG 0.24–0.12 (66%)attempts 2–4goals 1–1

  2. Borowiecki – Cowen10:26

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci15:25

    xG 0.45–0.48 (49%)attempts 15–13goals 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 2.7 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 69/100 · #373 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 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 51% 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).