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Fri, Nov 28, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 3, St. Louis Blues 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 90% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM03291301316
STL1150921314441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:35STLT.J. OshieAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Ian Cole · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:51EDMDavid PerronAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Jesse Joensuu · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:46EDMNikita NikitinAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:31STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:55EDMMark ArcobelloAssists: Taylor Hall, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:25STLAlex PietrangeloAssists: T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:20STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Jori Lehtera, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:50STLSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:50EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:51EDMLeon Draisaitl: Holding2 min
  4. P3 14:15EDMOscar Klefbom: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. OT 1:49EDMMark Fayne: 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 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
16Shots on goal41
1.0Expected goals3.4
39Shot attempts76
30Faceoffs won42
0Power plays3
11Penalty minutes5
18Hits20
15Blocked shots13
7Giveaways6
5Takeaways9

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. Purcell – Arcobello – Yakupov11:07

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:49

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  3. Gordon – Joensuu – Pinizzotto5:20

    xG 0.05–0.31 (13%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Gazdic – Perron – Draisaitl7:58

    xG 0.21–0.87 (20%)attempts 5–11goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestNikitin – Fayne16:04

    xG 0.52–0.11 (82%)attempts 18–11goals 3–0

  2. Nikitin – Schultz2:27

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

  3. Petry – Klefbom11:20

    xG 0.27–0.30 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Lapierre – Reaves5:52

    xG 0.19–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Stastny – Oshie14:11

    xG 0.43–0.25 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Steen – Lehtera – Tarasenko2:52

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:48

    xG 0.09–0.14 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Gunnarsson18:18

    xG 0.67–0.31 (69%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo14:52

    xG 0.51–0.28 (65%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Butler – Pietrangelo3:14

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

STL 3.4 xGEDM 1.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #166 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 90% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

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

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

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