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Sat, Oct 7, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET01001414021230
OTT011014111020138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 17:26DETMartin FrkAssists: Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:09OTTDion PhaneufUnassisted · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  3. 3. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  4. 4. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  5. 5. DET Trevor Daley stopped
  6. 6. OTT Derick Brassard stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:16OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Holding2 min
  2. P1 4:43DETTrevor Daley: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 6:40DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 15:23DETJonathan Ericsson: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 18:17DETMike Green: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:08OTTDerick Brassard: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 10:58OTTMark Borowiecki: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 13:11DETAnthony Mantha: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 2:44DETLuke Glendening: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 3:25OTTMike Hoffman: Slashing2 min
  11. OT 4:26DETLuke Witkowski: Too many men on the ice2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
30Shots on goal38
2.3Expected goals3.3
71Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won36
4Power plays7
14Penalty minutes8
25Hits25
13Blocked shots27
7Giveaways19
5Takeaways7

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. bestFrk – Mantha – Larkin7:23

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm7:39

    xG 0.08–0.44 (16%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Tatar14:39

    xG 0.30–0.85 (26%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Jensen8:37

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Green – Ouellet12:58

    xG 0.32–0.59 (35%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  3. Daley – DeKeyser11:17

    xG 0.36–0.92 (28%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Smith – Dzingel8:44

    xG 1.04–0.34 (75%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Pyatt – Pageau3:02

    xG 0.48–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Brassard – Stone7:53

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  4. Burrows – Thompson – Formenton3:26

    xG 0.08–0.23 (25%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Wideman2:45

    xG 0.40–0.05 (89%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Claesson – Ceci7:57

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Borowiecki2:59

    xG 0.37–0.04 (91%)attempts 5–5goals 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 3.3 xGDET 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 · #400 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 70% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (OTT − DET), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).