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Thu, Dec 29, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET112170811328
OTT114190500228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37DETThomas VanekAssists: Brendan Smith, Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:43OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:43OTTMark StoneAssists: Derick Brassard · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:18DETTomas TatarAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:07DETAnthony ManthaGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:36OTTMark Borowiecki: Interference2 min
  2. P2 12:47OTTChris Neil: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:47DETXavier Ouellet: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 16:31DETSteve Ott: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 18:53OTTMarc Methot: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 2:57OTTDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 4:09DETTomas Tatar: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 6:41OTTChris Wideman: 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
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
28Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals2.2
68Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won28
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
24Hits31
16Blocked shots20
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways9

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. bestNielsen – Vanek – Nyquist9:39

    xG 1.22–0.55 (69%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha12:48

    xG 0.59–0.45 (57%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Ott – Miller – Athanasiou2:48

    xG 0.11–0.15 (43%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Jurco – Glendening – Larkin7:12

    xG 0.03–0.19 (12%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Smith9:59

    xG 0.76–0.33 (70%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Smith – DeKeyser4:09

    xG 0.02–0.04 (32%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser8:55

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Lazar – Bailey3:37

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel12:11

    xG 0.45–0.38 (54%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone9:00

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 2–1

  4. Neil – Kelly – Bailey2:30

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Wideman6:06

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci12:12

    xG 0.60–0.52 (54%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

  3. Karlsson – Borowiecki2:10

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)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.

OTT 2.2 xGDET 2.7 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 70/100 · #334 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 60% 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).