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Sat, Dec 17, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 6, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2911138628
DET21216014332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:32DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Elmer Soderblom · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:47OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Shane Pinto · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:56DETAdam ErneAssists: Jake Walman, Pius Suter · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:42OTTThomas ChabotPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Brady Tkachuk · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:40OTTDrake BathersonPPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:14DETFilip HronekPPAssists: David Perron, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:14OTTClaude GirouxPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:48OTTTyler MotteSHAssists: Parker Kelly · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–3
  9. P3 16:49OTTAustin WatsonENAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.42 xG6–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:13OTTDerick Brassard: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:53DETJoseph Veleno: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:54DETDylan Larkin: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 0:26DETBen Chiarot: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 2:47OTTMark Kastelic: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 10:34OTTErik Brannstrom: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:46OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 15:48DETBen Chiarot: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 19:27OTTErik Brannstrom: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 7:02DETMichael Rasmussen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 11:41OTTNick Holden: Interference2 min
  12. P3 16:43OTTDrake Batherson: 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
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rasmussen won the faceoff against Pinto
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
28Shots on goal32
3.6Expected goals2.5
52Shot attempts58
32Faceoffs won19
5Power plays7
14Penalty minutes10
18Hits14
17Blocked shots15
7Giveaways7
2Takeaways3

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. bestWatson – Motte – Kastelic5:50

    xG 0.33–0.07 (83%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Brassard – Tkachuk7:36

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto9:13

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 4–12goals 1–2

  4. Chartier – Gambrell – Kelly6:00

    xG 0.06–0.59 (9%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev10:59

    xG 0.56–0.27 (67%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Holden – Chabot2:05

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Sanderson9:07

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Erne – Suter6:13

    xG 0.43–0.36 (55%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Erne – Rasmussen – Suter2:55

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Larkin – Raymond6:06

    xG 0.08–0.07 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Veleno – Soderblom8:38

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Oesterle10:52

    xG 0.70–0.37 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Walman – Hronek8:55

    xG 0.43–0.12 (79%)attempts 14–4goals 2–0

  3. Chiarot – Seider8:36

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 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 2.5 xGOTT 3.6 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 93/100 · #138 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 68% 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).