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Thu, Nov 28, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 3, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 70% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0921019328
NSH013010010033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:32EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Jeff Petry, Jordan Eberle · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:23EDMTaylor HallAssists: Sam Gagner · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:03EDMJordan EberleENAssists: Taylor Hall, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:42EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:24EDMRyan Smyth: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:43NSHSeth Jones: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:07NSHPaul Gaustad: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 5:07EDMDavid Perron: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 8:19NSHRich Clune: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:19EDMRyan Jones: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 8:19NSHRich Clune: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:44NSHRyan Ellis: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
28Shots on goal33
3.3Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
14Hits30
8Blocked shots18
6Giveaways10
4Takeaways4

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. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins11:02

    xG 0.54–0.24 (70%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Gordon – Perron12:03

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov8:56

    xG 0.25–0.25 (49%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Joensuu – Arcobello9:31

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrebeshkov – Schultz12:43

    xG 0.39–0.17 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Belov14:22

    xG 0.48–0.30 (61%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Petry17:51

    xG 0.50–0.73 (41%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Spaling – Smith10:10

    xG 0.52–0.19 (73%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Gaustad – Clune7:55

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Fisher – Nystrom – Wilson11:39

    xG 0.35–0.42 (45%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Stalberg – Bourque8:53

    xG 0.22–0.37 (37%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Josi5:34

    xG 0.24–0.17 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Josi8:30

    xG 0.30–0.39 (44%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Bartley – Jones16:32

    xG 0.18–0.33 (36%)attempts 9–17goals 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 2.2 xGEDM 3.3 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 4/100 · #1121 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 70% 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).