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Tue, Apr 12, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 4, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 82% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11417211432
DET0111707125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:55OTTAustin WatsonAssists: Josh Norris, Mathieu Joseph · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:27DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:32OTTDrake BathersonGWGAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Tim Stützle · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:55OTTTim StützleENAssists: Nick Holden · Backhand, 0.79 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:46OTTTim StützleENAssists: Austin Watson · Wrist, 0.59 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:51DETFilip Hronek: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:50OTTTim Stützle: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 4:10OTTNick Holden: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 11:16OTTNikita Zaitsev: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:40OTTErik Brannstrom: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P3 13:43DETSam Gagner: Interference2 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 20:00Veleno won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
32Shots on goal25
4.2Expected goals2.2
52Shot attempts47
28Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
33Hits49
15Blocked shots8
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways7

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. bestJoseph – Norris – Tkachuk8:59

    xG 0.29–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Watson – Gaudette – Gambrell7:56

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Brown – White – Kelly8:27

    xG 0.30–0.10 (76%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Formenton – Batherson – Stützle10:36

    xG 0.28–0.30 (48%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMete – Zaitsev10:12

    xG 0.76–0.36 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Holden – Brannstrom13:45

    xG 0.27–0.13 (68%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Hamonic17:27

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Gagner – Erne – Stephens5:27

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond12:56

    xG 0.47–0.57 (46%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

  3. Sundqvist – Rasmussen – Veleno7:58

    xG 0.16–0.26 (39%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Vrana – Suter – Zadina9:40

    xG 0.09–0.60 (13%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Hronek14:40

    xG 0.61–0.46 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. DeKeyser – Lindstrom2:16

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Seider13:35

    xG 0.08–0.44 (15%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

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 2.2 xGOTT 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #920 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 82% 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).