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Wed, Feb 10, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0100815123
DET1130828329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:03DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Andreas Athanasiou · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:01DETHenrik ZetterbergGWGAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:36OTTZack SmithPPAssists: Mike Hoffman, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:49DETDarren HelmENAssists: Luke Glendening · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:27OTTAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:39DETAlexey Marchenko: Interference2 min
  3. P2 13:04DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:22DETLuke Glendening: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 2:36OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 min
  6. P3 4:30DETTomas Jurco: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 6:03DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  8. P3 11:42DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:39DETTomas Tatar: Interference2 min · PPG

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 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
23Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals2.9
45Shot attempts42
33Faceoffs won23
7Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
23Hits22
7Blocked shots11
5Giveaways6
3Takeaways4

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. bestSmith – Stone – Pageau9:43

    xG 0.89–0.36 (71%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Chiasson – Prince – Zibanejad4:14

    xG 0.01–0.10 (9%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Dzingel – Lazar4:00

    xG 0.04–0.32 (10%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Turris – Hoffman9:38

    xG 0.05–0.60 (8%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Ceci11:56

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson13:11

    xG 0.50–0.77 (39%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman8:42

    xG 0.24–0.58 (29%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader9:02

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Sheahan – Glendening5:29

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Nyquist4:48

    xG 0.09–0.06 (60%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Tatar – Larkin9:05

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Smith3:20

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser10:24

    xG 0.59–0.42 (58%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Ericsson – Marchenko6:14

    xG 0.17–0.04 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

DET 2.9 xGOTT 2.1 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 17/100 · #1033 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% 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).