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Mon, Feb 7, 2011·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 4, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 62% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1611125422
NSH01606015037

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:27EDMAndrew CoglianoGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:23EDMRyan JonesAssists: Colin Fraser, Liam Reddox · Snap, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:35EDMJordan EberleAssists: Jim Vandermeer, Andrew Cogliano · Slap, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P3 6:58EDMDustin PennerAssists: Ales Hemsky · Backhand, 0.32 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 1:59EDMKurtis Foster: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:41NSHMarcel Goc: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:03EDMRyan Jones: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:38EDMJeff Petry: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 17:54NSHPekka Rinne: Holding2 min
  6. P3 10:47EDMDustin Penner: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 16:26EDMJim Vandermeer: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goc won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
22Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals3.5
39Shot attempts70
17Faceoffs won32
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
20Hits14
17Blocked shots9
11Giveaways14
4Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Eberle – Hall9:13

    xG 0.77–0.36 (68%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  2. Fraser – Jones – Reddox6:11

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  3. Horcoff – Hemsky – Penner13:23

    xG 1.03–1.40 (43%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  4. Gagner – Omark – Paajarvi11:34

    xG 0.02–0.41 (4%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry12:16

    xG 0.85–0.13 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  2. Petry – Peckham2:32

    xG 0.02–0.02 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Smid3:02

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestErat – Goc – Kostitsyn11:47

    xG 0.93–0.49 (66%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  2. Sullivan – Dumont – Spaling4:33

    xG 0.23–0.02 (90%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Smithson – Ward – Halischuk5:01

    xG 0.56–0.40 (58%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  4. Dumont – Halischuk – Spaling3:33

    xG 0.07–0.02 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber15:13

    xG 1.15–0.24 (83%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Klein – O'Brien4:09

    xG 0.40–0.09 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Sulzer – Franson3:10

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

NSH 3.5 xGEDM 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1133 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 62% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (NSH − EDM), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).