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Thu, Dec 5, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 1, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

OTT winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET080418120
OTT11401315232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:14OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:15DETAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: J.T. Compher, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:17OTTJosh NorrisGWGAssists: Drake Batherson, Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:06DETJonatan Berggren: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:56DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:24DETBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:28DETMoritz Seider: Embellishment2 min
  5. P3 4:28OTTJosh Norris: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:00OTTClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 7:19OTTTim Stützle: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 10:29DETJonatan Berggren: Holding2 min
  9. P3 12:09OTTThomas Chabot: Interference2 min
  10. P3 13:08DETMarco Kasper: 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
43% to win57% 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
20Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals1.9
52Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
15Hits14
13Blocked shots13
13Giveaways13
6Takeaways7

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. bestKane – Compher – DeBrincat8:43

    xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Berggren – Kasper7:58

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Motte – Copp – Fischer5:23

    xG 0.06–0.06 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Rasmussen – Raymond9:08

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot15:27

    xG 0.96–0.58 (62%)attempts 19–19goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider2:15

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Johansson8:09

    xG 0.19–0.24 (44%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudette – Gregor – Ostapchuk3:05

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk7:18

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Cousins – Amadio – Pinto10:02

    xG 0.06–0.36 (15%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Greig – Stützle9:03

    xG 0.19–0.56 (25%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Chabot14:01

    xG 0.83–0.49 (63%)attempts 20–14goals 2–0

  2. Bernard-Docker – Kleven11:08

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Sanderson12:27

    xG 0.28–0.51 (35%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

OTT 1.9 xGDET 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 49/100 · #666 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 66% 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).