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Sat, Oct 19, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 3, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 74% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM270816321
OTT015010111136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:15EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:29EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Nail Yakupov, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 14:12OTTChris NeilAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Patrick Wiercioch · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:25EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:19OTTClarke MacArthur: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:57OTTCory Conacher: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:31EDMLadislav Smid: Holding2 min
  4. P1 19:21EDMRyan Smyth: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 3:27OTTJason Spezza: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 6:08OTTErik Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:04EDMTaylor Hall: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 15:24EDMDenis Grebeshkov: Interference2 min
  9. P2 19:50EDMNail Yakupov: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 19:50OTTColin Greening: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 3:40OTTMilan Michalek: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  12. P3 3:40OTTJared Cowen: Interference2 min
  13. P3 6:03EDMLadislav Smid: Hooking2 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Acton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
21Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals3.2
29Shot attempts71
24Faceoffs won34
6Power plays5
12Penalty minutes14
16Hits32
16Blocked shots5
8Giveaways4
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. Smyth – Perron – Arcobello2:36

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Hall – Arcobello2:38

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov4:29

    xG 0.32–0.50 (39%)attempts 4–6goals 2–0

  4. Smyth – Hemsky – Gordon5:48

    xG 0.01–0.27 (4%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Schultz2:15

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Grebeshkov5:35

    xG 0.30–0.18 (63%)attempts 4–8goals 2–0

  3. Petry – Belov2:26

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Greening – Smith4:11

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Neil – MacArthur – Smith2:18

    xG 0.48–0.01 (97%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Conacher6:21

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris5:28

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Cowen11:10

    xG 0.53–0.05 (92%)attempts 19–2goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Wiercioch6:33

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Gryba6:23

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 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.

OTT 3.2 xGEDM 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #989 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 74% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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