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Sun, Apr 3, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 2, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 75% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1609117232
OTT11421428536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:21DETMichael RasmussenAssists: Jakub Vrana, Filip Hronek · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:18OTTArtem ZubAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Mathieu Joseph · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:32OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Tim Stützle, Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:16OTTJosh NorrisGWGAssists: Nick Holden, Mathieu Joseph · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:35DETDylan LarkinAssists: Filip Hronek, Marc Staal · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:23OTTJosh NorrisENAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Nikita Zaitsev · Snap, 0.72 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:15OTTNikita ZaitsevENAssists: Nick Holden · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:53DETJoseph Veleno: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:01DETJake Walman: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:12DETGustav Lindstrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:54DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:43OTTAustin Watson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:06OTTNikita Zaitsev: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETOTT
32Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals4.0
45Shot attempts69
27Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
31Hits30
21Blocked shots4
5Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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. bestSundqvist – Veleno – Zadina4:56

    xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Rasmussen – Raymond5:26

    xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Vrana – Rasmussen – Suter6:04

    xG 0.13–0.29 (31%)attempts 3–10goals 1–1

  4. Erne – Larkin – Raymond8:07

    xG 0.14–0.58 (19%)attempts 3–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Seider9:09

    xG 0.67–0.23 (75%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Seider3:10

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Walman – Lindstrom10:09

    xG 0.37–0.31 (55%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestJoseph – Norris – Tkachuk7:48

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk3:13

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Ennis – White – Joseph2:36

    xG 0.10–0.02 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Gaudette – Gambrell4:20

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Hamonic15:14

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Holden – Zaitsev15:58

    xG 0.79–0.81 (50%)attempts 22–17goals 1–0

  3. Brannstrom – Zub11:45

    xG 0.29–0.61 (32%)attempts 12–9goals 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 4.0 xGDET 2.4 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 54/100 · #678 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 75% 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).