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Sat, Feb 29, 2020·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 3, Ottawa Senators 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 94% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET1101918010328
OTT011110212061439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:59DETFrans NielsenAssists: Adam Erne · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:59DETDylan LarkinAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Robby Fabbri · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:42OTTArtem AnisimovPPAssists: Mike Reilly, Chris Tierney · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:48OTTScott SabourinAssists: Matthew Peca, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:09OTTArtem AnisimovAssists: Jayce Hawryluk, Nick Paul · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:46DETSam GagnerPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Mike Reilly stopped
  2. 2. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
  3. 3. OTT Artem Anisimov scored
  4. 4. DET Robby Fabbri stopped
  5. 5. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  6. 6. DET Tyler Bertuzzi stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:17DETSam Gagner: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:13OTTNick Paul: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:15DETJonathan Bernier: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:31DETAlex Biega: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:40DETDylan Larkin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 7:27OTTNikita Zaitsev: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. OT 2:26DETRobby Fabbri: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
28Shots on goal39
2.3Expected goals6.6
61Shot attempts86
28Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
23Hits28
25Blocked shots19
4Giveaways9
2Takeaways7

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 – Erne – Timashov2:41

    xG 0.22–0.03 (88%)attempts 1–5goals 1–0

  2. Helm – Glendening – Erne6:49

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Filppula – Mantha – Timashov2:18

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Gagner – Mantha12:05

    xG 0.42–0.52 (45%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Hronek5:09

    xG 0.26–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Lindstrom7:06

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Biega2:43

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Paul – Hawryluk11:13

    xG 0.73–0.27 (73%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Boedker – Peca – Sabourin6:55

    xG 0.56–0.22 (72%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Tierney – Balcers2:14

    xG 0.01–0.05 (19%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Norris – Tkachuk2:21

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zaitsev18:39

    xG 1.19–0.74 (62%)attempts 26–24goals 0–0

  2. Englund – Jaros8:13

    xG 0.55–0.42 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Chabot19:39

    xG 0.58–0.66 (47%)attempts 13–16goals 2–2

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 6.6 xGDET 2.3 xG
0246P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 87/100 · #141 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 94% 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).