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Thu, Nov 2, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 80% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0110816125
OTT11211414330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:05OTTMark StoneAssists: Mike Hoffman, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:25OTTAlexandre BurrowsPPGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:37DETAnthony ManthaPPAssists: Mike Green, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:50OTTNate ThompsonENAssists: Erik Karlsson, Tom Pyatt · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 9:39DETTrevor Daley: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 17:19DETTomas Tatar: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 19:18DETNiklas Kronwall: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 19:18OTTRyan Dzingel: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P3 12:23OTTErik Karlsson: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 15:05OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
25Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals3.4
57Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits17
9Blocked shots19
7Giveaways10
9Takeaways12

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. Wilson – Glendening – Frk6:12

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm8:19

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Athanasiou – Mantha – Larkin7:14

    xG 0.28–0.43 (40%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Tatar7:26

    xG 0.08–0.26 (23%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Jensen7:57

    xG 0.18–0.05 (76%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Ouellet2:34

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Green4:48

    xG 0.06–0.03 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Hoffman – Stone8:39

    xG 1.12–0.08 (93%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Turris – Smith – Dzingel9:50

    xG 0.47–0.31 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Thompson – Rodewald6:49

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Pyatt – Pageau2:13

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Karlsson5:57

    xG 0.58–0.08 (88%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Claesson – Ceci6:43

    xG 0.39–0.07 (84%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Claesson3:48

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

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 3.4 xGDET 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1084 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 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).