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Mon, Oct 17, 2011·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 1, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 91% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH041503112
EDM0120637325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:58NSHSergei KostitsynAssists: Kevin Klein · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:29EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Shawn Horcoff · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:31EDMRyan SmythGWGAssists: Shawn Horcoff · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:20EDMRyan JonesENAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth · Snap, 0.70 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:30NSHShea Weber: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 5:55EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 11:59NSHNick Spaling: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 12:26EDMTaylor Hall: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:34NSHJonathon Blum: Holding2 min
  6. P2 5:52EDMLinus Omark: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 9:08EDMLinus Omark: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:13NSHRyan Suter: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 5:07NSHRyan Suter: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 13:47EDMAndy Sutton: 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
45% to win55% to win
← NSH attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
12Shots on goal25
0.9Expected goals3.2
27Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won30
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
13Hits13
16Blocked shots8
12Giveaways16
4Takeaways12

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. Legwand – Kostitsyn – Wilson9:28

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. O'Reilly – Halischuk – Smith2:03

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Geoffrion – Halischuk – Smith3:31

    xG 0.01–0.05 (24%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – Tootoo – Spaling9:14

    xG 0.06–0.16 (26%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Laakso – Hillen8:49

    xG 0.16–0.15 (51%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Weber15:53

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Blum13:20

    xG 0.08–0.44 (16%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins11:14

    xG 0.37–0.20 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Belanger – Omark – Paajarvi9:51

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Horcoff – Jones11:49

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  4. Eager – Petrell – Lander2:58

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Smid14:07

    xG 0.35–0.13 (74%)attempts 16–4goals 0–1

  2. Sutton – Potter8:11

    xG 0.23–0.01 (94%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Petry12:41

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 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 3.2 xGNSH 0.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #603 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 91% 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).