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2026-03-24 · Little Caesars Arena

3 – 2Final

OTT beat DET 3–2. OTT lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 3.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Brady Tkachuk scored on the power play at 17:15 of the first, moving OTT’s win probability from 48% to 65%. Linus Ullmark saved 1.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
21 – 35
Expected goals
2.5 – 3.0
xG share
DET 55%
Home-ice start
DET 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

OTT goalDET goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

OTTDET

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

OTT
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.02
+1.02
DET
Dominik Shine
1 G, 0 A · 5:17 TOI
Finishing +0.81 · Penalties +0.19
+0.99
OTT
Carter Yakemchuk
1 G, 1 A · 12:46 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.83
+0.90

Rough nights

OTT
0 G, 1 A · 17:33 TOI
On-ice −0.33 · Finishing −0.37
−0.71
DET
58:16 TOI
GSAx −0.44
−0.44
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 18:45 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing −0.55
−0.44

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalOTT–DETWin prob.
P1 17:15 OTTBrady TkachukPP
from Tim Stützle, Carter Yakemchuk
1–048% → 65%
P2 9:28 OTTCarter Yakemchuk
from Artem Zub
2–068% → 84%
P2 11:05 OTTLars Eller
from Brady Tkachuk
3–085% → 95%
P2 14:50 DETDominik Shine
from Simon Edvinsson, Moritz Seider
3–14% → 13%
P3 4:13 DETDylan LarkinPP
from Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond
3–29% → 25%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Carter Yakemchuk D12:4611+0.90+0.07+0.83−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L15:4811+0.79−0.02+0.79+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Lars Eller C10:231+0.76+0.03+0.73−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Michael Amadio R18:57+0.08+0.07+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C12:20−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jorian Donovan D4:42−0.01+0.01−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C15:13−0.09+0.08−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Kleven D28:11−0.09−0.08+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Fabian Zetterlund L10:04−0.11−0.08−0.04+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D25:101−0.12−0.14+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R13:23−0.15−0.18+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Shane Pinto C19:06−0.15−0.15+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikolas Matinpalo D19:57−0.26+0.07−0.17+0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Jordan Spence D26:24−0.32−0.08+0.00−0.01−0.03−0.19+0.00
Warren Foegele L10:03−0.35−0.11−0.25−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Drake Batherson R13:41−0.39−0.01−0.40+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Ridly Greig C18:45−0.44+0.11−0.55+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Tim Stützle C17:331−0.71−0.33−0.37+0.00−0.04+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Linus Ullmark G60:00+1.02

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dominik Shine R5:171+0.99−0.00+0.81−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Dylan Larkin C22:381+0.43+0.13+0.30+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.03
Andrew Copp C19:50+0.36+0.16+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Lucas Raymond L22:041+0.36+0.15−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.00
Jacob Bernard-Docker D9:39−0.06−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D18:43−0.08+0.01−0.07−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marco Kasper C11:32−0.09+0.08−0.18−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02
Albert Johansson D10:52−0.09−0.06−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L14:51−0.10−0.04+0.00−0.02+0.03+0.00−0.07
Patrick Kane R19:41−0.10+0.05−0.19+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Justin Faulk D21:53−0.10−0.03−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D28:381−0.11+0.24−0.38+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Emmitt Finnie C17:12−0.13−0.09−0.21−0.02−0.00+0.19+0.00
David Perron L11:40−0.15+0.03−0.19+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
James van Riemsdyk L10:28−0.22+0.03−0.25−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Appleton C11:16−0.22+0.04−0.06−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R21:191−0.30+0.10−0.42+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D21:321−0.31−0.04−0.06−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
John Gibson G58:16−0.44

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.