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Tue, Apr 4, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 0, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01103010024
OTT1611206224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:59OTTErik KarlssonGWGAssists: Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:49OTTTom PyattAssists: Mike Hoffman, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 15:29DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:50DETHenrik Zetterberg: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 18:57OTTDerick Brassard: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 0:00DETJustin Abdelkader: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 19:35DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 19:35OTTKyle Turris: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 19:58OTTMark Borowiecki: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:58DETDarren Helm: Roughing2 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 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
24Shots on goal24
1.2Expected goals1.4
51Shot attempts47
31Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
23Hits14
12Blocked shots16
6Giveaways13
0Takeaways6

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. bestAbdelkader – Larkin – Svechnikov10:37

    xG 0.42–0.14 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Street – Athanasiou – Nosek7:15

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Sheahan9:05

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

  4. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Tatar12:56

    xG 0.08–0.31 (21%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green15:40

    xG 0.60–0.17 (78%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Russo – Ouellet11:25

    xG 0.18–0.20 (46%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser15:13

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Hoffman – Stone6:48

    xG 0.20–0.14 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau5:26

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Wingels – Pageau2:49

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – MacArthur – Wingels3:12

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Harpur4:25

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Karlsson3:33

    xG 0.09–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman8:21

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 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 1.4 xGDET 1.2 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 0/100 · #1228 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 56% 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).