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Tue, Mar 1, 2011·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 1, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 78% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH11801204011135
EDM1706011022226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:45NSHBlake GeoffrionAssists: Ryan Suter, Matt Halischuk · Snap, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:26EDMJim VandermeerAssists: Sam Gagner · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle scored
  2. 2. NSH Martin Erat scored
  3. 3. EDM Taylor Hall stopped
  4. 4. NSH Mike Fisher stopped
  5. 5. EDM Gilbert Brule stopped
  6. 6. NSH David Legwand stopped
  7. 7. EDM Linus Omark scored
  8. 8. NSH Cody Franson stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:45EDMLadislav Smid: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:58NSHShane O'Brien: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 11:50EDMTom Gilbert: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:10NSHJerred Smithson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 1:52EDMSam Gagner: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:42NSHMike Fisher: Tripping2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
35Shots on goal26
3.4Expected goals1.7
61Shot attempts48
32Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits33
16Blocked shots16
24Giveaways21
13Takeaways7

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Hornqvist – Wilson9:44

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Tootoo – Geoffrion – Halischuk6:43

    xG 0.49–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  3. Fisher – Erat – Kostitsyn13:12

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – Ward – Spaling8:56

    xG 0.18–0.30 (38%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber18:25

    xG 0.88–0.28 (76%)attempts 21–9goals 1–0

  2. O'Brien – Franson10:29

    xG 0.65–0.31 (67%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Klein – O'Brien2:50

    xG 0.04–0.08 (35%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHorcoff – Hemsky – Paajarvi10:41

    xG 0.28–0.19 (60%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Jacques – Reddox – Omark5:05

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Eberle – Hall12:15

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Brule – Gagner11:41

    xG 0.30–0.60 (33%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVandermeer – Petiot13:34

    xG 0.46–0.34 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Gilbert – Smid13:54

    xG 0.23–0.31 (42%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Strudwick – Foster10:56

    xG 0.31–1.14 (22%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

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 1.7 xGNSH 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #708 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 78% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

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

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