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Fri, Apr 1, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11309410532
DET06113110229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:07OTTAustin WatsonSHAssists: Mathieu Joseph · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:18DETLucas RaymondAssists: Jake Walman · Backhand, 0.29 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:25OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Drake Batherson · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:36OTTMathieu JosephGWGAssists: Tyler Ennis, Colin White · Snap, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:19OTTMathieu JosephAssists: Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:59DETLucas RaymondAssists: Filip Hronek, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:05OTTMathieu JosephENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.48 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:34OTTAlex Formenton: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 11:17DETMichael Rasmussen: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 11:17OTTTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:17OTTTim Stützle: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 14:36DETMichael Rasmussen: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 18:33OTTArtem Zub: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:52OTTMathieu Joseph: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 0:49DETLucas Raymond: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:07OTTNick Holden: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suter won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
32Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals2.9
59Shot attempts46
23Faceoffs won30
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
36Hits29
11Blocked shots16
5Giveaways12
3Takeaways5

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. bestEnnis – White – Joseph5:29

    xG 0.88–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 1–0

  2. Watson – Gaudette – Gambrell6:51

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Joseph – Norris – Tkachuk2:05

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – White – Batherson2:28

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Zaitsev11:40

    xG 0.60–0.54 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  2. Brannstrom – Zub16:26

    xG 0.88–0.83 (51%)attempts 22–10goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Hamonic13:27

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond9:02

    xG 0.54–0.04 (94%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Sundqvist – Erne – Suter9:13

    xG 0.61–0.14 (82%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Rasmussen – Zadina – Hirose8:26

    xG 0.23–0.10 (70%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Vrana – Veleno7:54

    xG 0.00–1.16 (0%)attempts 0–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Lindstrom15:10

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. DeKeyser – Seider11:08

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Seider2:02

    xG 0.07–0.07 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

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 2.9 xGOTT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #687 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% 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).