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Tue, Dec 16, 2014·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Edmonton Oilers 1, Arizona Coyotes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1110501402132
ARI071270614244

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:56EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Brad Hunt, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:24ARIBrandon McMillanAssists: Joe Vitale, Chris Summers · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:59ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonGWGAssists: Sam Gagner, Martin Erat · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:22EDMJeff Petry: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:02ARIZbynek Michalek: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:36EDMJeff Petry: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:00EDMTaylor Hall: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 6:11EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Holding2 min
  6. P3 10:07ARIAntoine Vermette: Holding2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMARI
32Shots on goal44
2.4Expected goals3.2
71Shot attempts76
25Faceoffs won33
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
46Hits43
19Blocked shots19
8Giveaways4
9Takeaways6

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. bestPerron – Pitlick – Arcobello10:02

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Purcell – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins10:28

    xG 0.39–0.37 (52%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Pinizzotto – Gazdic6:10

    xG 0.13–0.15 (45%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Yakupov – Draisaitl9:12

    xG 0.21–0.35 (38%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Davidson11:01

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Petry14:39

    xG 0.45–0.80 (36%)attempts 15–23goals 0–1

  3. Schultz – Hunt15:52

    xG 0.48–1.20 (29%)attempts 20–21goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHanzal – Gagner – Rieder12:04

    xG 0.84–0.25 (77%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Erat – Moss – Chipchura9:05

    xG 0.57–0.09 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Vitale – McMillan4:20

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  4. Doan – Vermette – Boedker12:30

    xG 0.39–0.76 (34%)attempts 17–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Ekman-Larsson18:28

    xG 1.25–0.57 (69%)attempts 33–19goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Summers2:55

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Summers – Schlemko5:23

    xG 0.19–0.03 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

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.

ARI 3.2 xGEDM 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #726 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Arizona Coyotes win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

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

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