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Sat, Feb 20, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 2, Ottawa Senators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 80% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET092708070231
OTT0611018031327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:46DETAndreas AthanasiouUnassisted · Slap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:46OTTZack SmithAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:52DETBrad RichardsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:09OTTDion PhaneufUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  2. 2. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  3. 3. OTT Kyle Turris scored
  4. 4. DET Brad Richards stopped
  5. 5. OTT Mika Zibanejad stopped
  6. 6. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:33DETGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:59OTTNick Paul: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:08DETLuke Glendening: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:59OTTKyle Turris: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 16:59DETDarren Helm: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 7:14OTTMark Stone: 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
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
31Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals1.3
50Shot attempts42
37Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
28Hits39
11Blocked shots8
7Giveaways15
11Takeaways11

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. bestDatsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader12:46

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  2. Richards – Nyquist – Tatar9:21

    xG 0.20–0.11 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Pulkkinen – Jurco – Athanasiou5:14

    xG 0.08–0.01 (92%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Sheahan – Glendening11:41

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarchenko – Ouellet11:25

    xG 0.21–0.04 (83%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Smith2:31

    xG 0.16–0.01 (95%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser17:09

    xG 0.35–0.29 (54%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Stone – Dzingel2:14

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad2:20

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

  3. Chiasson – Paul – Lazar2:29

    xG 0.01–0.02 (23%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Smith – Pageau4:03

    xG 0.02–0.04 (31%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Methot – Ceci2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Wiercioch – Borowiecki10:05

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson16:11

    xG 0.33–0.40 (45%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

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 1.3 xGDET 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 79/100 · #238 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 80% 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).