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Tue, Jan 7, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Ottawa Senators 2, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

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

DET winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT01021301000233
DET114081813333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:30DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond · Snap, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:25OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Nick Jensen, Nick Cousins · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:05OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Jake Sanderson, Tim Stützle · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:00DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Simon Edvinsson, Tyler Motte · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:21DETPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:07OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:08OTTBrady Tkachuk: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:20DETSimon Edvinsson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:12DETJustin Holl: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. OT 2:10OTTJake Sanderson: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pinto won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDET
33Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals3.2
65Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
28Hits18
15Blocked shots18
16Giveaways13
10Takeaways4

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. bestTkachuk – Pinto – Greig12:13

    xG 0.71–0.22 (76%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Batherson – Stützle11:18

    xG 0.58–0.32 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Cousins – Gaudette – Norris8:39

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Gregor – Norris2:29

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub16:24

    xG 1.09–0.26 (81%)attempts 27–10goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zub2:08

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Chabot17:52

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Copp – DeBrincat11:52

    xG 0.90–0.42 (68%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Motte – Rasmussen – Veleno3:36

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Tarasenko – Compher – Berggren12:10

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Veleno – Raymond6:45

    xG 0.09–0.27 (25%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider17:39

    xG 0.99–0.52 (65%)attempts 20–16goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Gustafsson15:52

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Edvinsson14:41

    xG 0.33–0.80 (29%)attempts 13–18goals 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 3.2 xGOTT 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #647 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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.

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).