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Wed, Jan 3, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 1, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 77% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT0140111900134
DET11101101211235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:15DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Anthony Mantha, Martin Frk · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:39OTTRyan DzingelUnassisted · Snap, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:06DETAndreas AthanasiouGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:29OTTDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 3:29DETMike Green: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 11:30OTTFilip Chlapik: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 13:23DETMike Green: Holding2 min
  5. P3 10:41OTTDion Phaneuf: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
34Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals4.1
60Shot attempts54
39Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits18
6Blocked shots11
17Giveaways10
4Takeaways4

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Hoffman – Duchene13:41

    xG 0.77–0.66 (54%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Pageau – Chlapik2:24

    xG 0.08–0.06 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Dumont – Chlapik3:27

    xG 0.07–0.15 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Stone – Dzingel16:57

    xG 0.85–1.03 (45%)attempts 25–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Karlsson – Chabot9:28

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Claesson – Ceci5:27

    xG 0.15–0.15 (51%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Karlsson10:02

    xG 0.45–0.62 (42%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Athanasiou – Larkin9:05

    xG 0.99–0.17 (85%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Frk – Athanasiou – Mantha6:07

    xG 0.74–0.09 (89%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi12:26

    xG 0.21–0.50 (30%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm10:44

    xG 0.35–0.78 (31%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser16:25

    xG 1.42–0.81 (64%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Jensen11:37

    xG 0.74–0.34 (68%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Ouellet2:02

    xG 0.33–0.03 (92%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

DET 4.1 xGOTT 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #1029 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 77% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

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

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