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Sat, Feb 19, 2011·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Atlanta Thrashers 3, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ATL1611619331
EDM0615415526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37ATLDustin ByfuglienUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:59ATLAndrew LaddAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:57EDMMagnus PaajarviAssists: Linus Omark, Tom Gilbert · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:12ATLEvander KaneAssists: Zach Bogosian, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:42EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Ales Hemsky, Kurtis Foster · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:21EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Ales Hemsky, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:35EDMTaylor HallPPGWGAssists: Sam Gagner, Ladislav Smid · Wrist, 0.46 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:48EDMAles HemskyENAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Theo Peckham · Wrist, 0.64 xG3–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:59ATLBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:51ATLZach Bogosian: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:42EDMJordan Eberle: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 7:20ATLDustin Byfuglien: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 9:50EDMJean-Francois Jacques: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 9:50ATLMark Stuart: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 11:57EDMDustin Penner: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 17:48EDMSam Gagner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 19:51EDMTheo Peckham: Interference2 min
  10. P3 0:40ATLToby Enstrom: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 1:19ATLChris Thorburn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 9:01ATLToby Enstrom: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 9:10EDMDustin Penner: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 12:44ATLNik Antropov: High sticking double minor4 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.

ATL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← ATL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horcoff won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLEDM
31Shots on goal26
3.4Expected goals4.1
63Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won36
5Power plays8
21Penalty minutes15
18Hits19
13Blocked shots13
10Giveaways21
10Takeaways7

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.

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestAntropov – Stewart – Kane5:31

    xG 0.62–0.06 (91%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little5:44

    xG 0.61–0.17 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 1–1

  3. Ladd – Little – Machacek3:12

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Machacek – Kane2:31

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bogosian5:57

    xG 0.47–0.26 (65%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien14:36

    xG 0.60–0.48 (55%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  3. Stuart – Bogosian5:18

    xG 0.24–0.16 (61%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Jones – Gagner – Paajarvi2:53

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Omark – Paajarvi6:48

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Jacques – Jones – Reddox4:03

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  4. Cogliano – Eberle – Hall11:03

    xG 0.80–1.04 (44%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vandermeer – Foster7:34

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Gilbert – Smid11:50

    xG 0.43–0.74 (37%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

  3. Chorney – Peckham12:46

    xG 0.41–0.74 (35%)attempts 6–19goals 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.

EDM 4.1 xGATL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMATL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #180 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsATL wins

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

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