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Wed, Jan 31, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 71% of the time.

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT08290612325
DET1301111100225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:57DETDaniel SprongAssists: Joseph Veleno · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:09OTTMark KastelicAssists: Jacob Bernard-Docker, Parker Kelly · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:32OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Shane Pinto · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:15DETDylan LarkinAssists: J.T. Compher, Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:05OTTShane PintoGWGAssists: Thomas Chabot, Vladimir Tarasenko · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:22DETChristian Fischer: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:01DETMichael Rasmussen: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:25OTTBrady Tkachuk: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 8:50DETChristian Fischer: 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
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
25Shots on goal25
3.8Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
15Blocked shots16
5Giveaways6
4Takeaways3

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. bestTarasenko – Pinto – Greig10:55

    xG 1.08–0.34 (76%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  2. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk8:51

    xG 0.58–0.32 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Kastelic – Kelly6:12

    xG 0.05–0.13 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle10:08

    xG 0.22–0.37 (37%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Bernard-Docker6:23

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker2:27

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Chabot – Chychrun11:37

    xG 0.94–0.91 (51%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Fischer – Rasmussen12:29

    xG 0.76–0.44 (63%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond14:03

    xG 0.49–0.69 (41%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Sprong – Kostin – Veleno6:34

    xG 0.09–0.47 (16%)attempts 2–11goals 1–1

  4. Perron – Compher – Fabbri10:00

    xG 0.06–0.71 (8%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider17:49

    xG 0.83–0.41 (67%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Maatta16:38

    xG 0.73–0.74 (50%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  3. Holl – Gostisbehere12:01

    xG 0.14–1.09 (11%)attempts 5–19goals 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 2.4 xGOTT 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 61/100 · #555 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 71% 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).