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Tue, Nov 25, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 2, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM117010110237
DAL11621206334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:49DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:30EDMBoyd GordonSHAssists: Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:59DALTyler SeguinAssists: John Klingberg, Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:42DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Patrick Eaves · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:59EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 17:53EDMAndrew Ference: Holding2 min
  2. P2 8:03EDMMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 8:03DALTravis Moen: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 13:31EDMAndrew Ference: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 7:25EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:50DALTrevor Daley: Interference2 min
  7. P3 12:17DALRyan Garbutt: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:28EDMTaylor Hall: 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
37Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals2.3
67Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won41
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
19Hits20
16Blocked shots23
5Giveaways8
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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:47

    xG 0.45–0.32 (59%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Pinizzotto4:51

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Yakupov – Draisaitl2:15

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

  4. Purcell – Perron – Arcobello11:36

    xG 0.42–0.65 (39%)attempts 19–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Marincin9:02

    xG 0.61–0.14 (81%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Fayne13:42

    xG 0.86–0.40 (68%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Petry17:25

    xG 0.35–0.79 (31%)attempts 19–23goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Spezza – Hemsky4:54

    xG 0.30–0.09 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Eakin – Seguin7:37

    xG 0.39–0.20 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Eaves – Benn – Seguin4:28

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt6:39

    xG 0.27–0.16 (63%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Demers17:12

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 21–21goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg13:53

    xG 0.58–0.60 (49%)attempts 13–15goals 3–0

  3. Jokipakka – Oleksiak13:53

    xG 0.46–0.69 (40%)attempts 16–17goals 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.

DAL 2.3 xGEDM 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #718 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 52% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+4
+5
+6
+7

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