Final
OTT at DET game report
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Little Caesars Arena
Red Wings beat the Senators 5–3 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.4–2.9 in expected goals and 12–6 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 5Goals3
- 3.44Expected goals2.88
- 1.965-on-5 expected goals1.12
- 12High-danger chances6
- 36Shots on goal25
- 63Shot attempts52
- 445-on-5 shot attempts36
- 8:42Power-play time9:04
5-on-5 shares for DET: 55.0% of shot attempts, 63.7% of expected goals.
Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (DET 0.78, OTT 0.00); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.
Shot map
By strength
| DET at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 41:14 | 44–36 | 1.96–1.12 | 3–2 |
| Power play | 8:42 | 15–9 | 1.41–0.96 | 1–1 |
| Shorthanded | 9:04 | 2–2 | 0.07–0.11 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 1:00 | 2–5 | 0.78–0.68 | 1–0 |
Read pairs as DET–OTT. “Power play” means DET had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Ersson OTT | 31/35 | .886 | 3.44 | -0.56 |
| John Gibson DET | 22/25 | .880 | 2.88 | -0.12 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingRed Wings6.5Senators5.8
| ★Top three of the night: Lucas RaymondFDET | 9.1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19:47 | 67.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Alex DeBrincatFDET | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18:45 | 60.9 |
| ★Top three of the night: Justin FaulkDDET | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18:21 | 75.0 |
| Dylan LarkinFDET | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20:41 | 66.7 |
| Viktor ArvidssonFDET | 8.3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17:20 | 64.7 |
| William EklundFOTT | 8.2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20:09 | 55.2 |
| Tim StützleFOTT | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21:37 | 56.0 |
| Drake BathersonFOTT | 7.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17:07 | 54.5 |
| William WallinderDDET | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:07 | 66.7 |
| Nate DanielsonFDET | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8:02 | 66.7 |
| Carter YakemchukDOTT | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:07 | 65.2 |
| Carter MazurFDET | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7:25 | 53.3 |
| Fabian ZetterlundFOTT | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:00 | 46.7 |
| Thomas ChabotDOTT | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26:12 | 48.8 |
| Albert JohanssonDDET | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:00 | 60.0 |
| Ridly GreigFOTT | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:10 | 40.9 |
| Michael Brandsegg-NygårdFDET | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 | 61.1 |
| John GibsonGDET | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | — | 59:54 | — |
| Claude GirouxFOTT | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 53.8 |
| Dylan CozensFOTT | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 | 42.9 |
| Nikolas MatinpaloDOTT | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:35 | 50.0 |
| Tyler KlevenDOTT | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:58 | 40.0 |
| Emmitt FinnieFDET | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:17 | 50.0 |
| Cameron CrottyDOTT | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 | 46.7 |
| Michael RasmussenFDET | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 | 33.3 |
| Moritz SeiderDDET | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:01 | 56.0 |
| Samuel ErssonGOTT | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | — | 57:56 | — |
| Anton JohanssonDDET | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 | 47.4 |
| Stephen HallidayFOTT | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:37 | 40.0 |
| Axel Sandin-PellikkaDDET | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:27 | 42.1 |
| Shane PintoFOTT | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 | 33.3 |
| Andrew CoppFDET | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:24 | 25.0 |
| Warren FoegeleFOTT | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:51 | 33.3 |
| Ben ChiarotDDET | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 | 37.9 |
| Keegan KolesarFDET | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 | 23.5 |
| Nick CousinsFOTT | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:02 | 45.5 |
| Michael AmadioFOTT | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 | 21.1 |
| Jordan SpenceDOTT | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:29 | 26.5 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Red Wings
Forward lines
- Copp – Kolesar – Rasmussen10:29 · 3–10 · xG 0.2–0.1
- Larkin – Arvidsson – Raymond9:19 · 18–10 · xG 0.6–0.5
- DeBrincat – Finnie – Brandsegg-Nygård8:11 · 8–5 · xG 0.1–0.0
Defence pairs
- Seider – Johansson9:53 · 10–7 · xG 0.2–0.3
- Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka5:59 · 4–9 · xG 0.1–0.4
- Faulk – Johansson5:25 · 5–2 · xG 0.3–0.0
Senators
Forward lines
- Zetterlund – Cozens – Eklund4:55 · 5–7 · xG 0.2–0.2
- Giroux – Amadio – Pinto4:39 · 2–4 · xG 0.0–0.2
- Batherson – Greig – Stützle3:04 · 3–4 · xG 0.2–0.2
- Cousins – Foegele – Halliday1:58 · 1–3 · xG 0.0–0.2
Defence pairs
- Crotty – Matinpalo9:19 · 6–8 · xG 0.2–0.1
- Chabot – Spence7:52 · 9–17 · xG 0.4–0.8
- Kleven – Yakemchuk5:55 · 7–4 · xG 0.1–0.3
Three stars
- ★D. LarkinDET · 1G 1A
- ★★A. DeBrincatDET · 2G 1A
- ★★★V. ArvidssonDET · 1G 1A
Scoring
Period 1
- 02:44OTT T. Stützle (from D. Batherson, R. Greig)1–0
- 03:16DET A. DeBrincat (from N. Danielson, C. Mazur)1–1
- 13:14DET D. Larkin (from V. Arvidsson, A. DeBrincat)1–2
Period 2
- 02:01DET V. Arvidsson pp (from D. Larkin, L. Raymond)1–3
- 04:30DET J. Faulk (from W. Wallinder, L. Raymond)1–4
- 06:08OTT D. Batherson pp (from W. Eklund, C. Yakemchuk)2–4
Period 3
- 10:30OTT W. Eklund (from F. Zetterlund, T. Stützle)3–4
- 19:10DET A. DeBrincat pp (from L. Raymond, J. Faulk)3–5