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Wed, Dec 3, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 2, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM170111600224
WPG180111611326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:33WPGJacob TroubaAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:59EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Justin Schultz, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:31EDMTeddy PurcellAssists: David Perron, Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:54WPGDustin ByfuglienAssists: Mark Stuart, Jacob Trouba · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:17WPGMathieu PerreaultGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Evander Kane · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 18:20WPGAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 18:20EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 18:57WPGAndrew Ladd: Cross checking2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Arcobello won the faceoff against Perreault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
24Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals1.5
43Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won18
1Power plays0
5Penalty minutes7
25Hits36
20Blocked shots10
8Giveaways12
7Takeaways4

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 – Yakupov – Draisaitl12:46

    xG 0.58–0.29 (67%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  2. Pinizzotto – Gazdic – Arcobello5:14

    xG 0.02–0.01 (74%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins16:03

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

  4. Gordon – Purcell – Perron11:51

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Fayne10:14

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Fayne5:42

    xG 0.13–0.03 (84%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Petry6:05

    xG 0.26–0.16 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little16:46

    xG 0.73–0.39 (65%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Peluso4:18

    xG 0.09–0.09 (51%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Lowry – Scheifele13:47

    xG 0.15–0.21 (43%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Bogosian – Chiarot10:51

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Pardy – Postma5:01

    xG 0.03–0.03 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba15:46

    xG 0.37–0.50 (43%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

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.

WPG 1.5 xGEDM 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #452 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 58% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

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

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