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Wed, Oct 21, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Detroit Red Wings 1, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 72% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET05011113129
EDM11121106328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:32EDMMark LetestuPPAssists: Nail Yakupov, Justin Schultz · Tip-in, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:34EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:04EDMTeddy PurcellAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Mark Fayne · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:49DETTomas TatarAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:53DETTeemu Pulkkinen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 8:36EDMEric Gryba: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:14DETDrew Miller: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:13EDMTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:48EDMLauri Korpikoski: Holding2 min
  6. P2 2:56DETMike Green: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 4:09EDMAnton Slepyshev: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 1:27EDMRob Klinkhammer: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 16:47EDMTeddy Purcell: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Lander
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETEDM
29Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals3.4
70Shot attempts43
34Faceoffs won24
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
17Hits13
8Blocked shots24
6Giveaways12
3Takeaways8

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Helm – Pulkkinen4:45

    xG 0.34–0.03 (93%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Ferraro – Glendening5:47

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan11:23

    xG 0.44–0.87 (34%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin10:30

    xG 0.21–0.76 (21%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Kindl9:26

    xG 0.39–0.29 (58%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Green3:08

    xG 0.11–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser11:49

    xG 0.28–0.36 (45%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKorpikoski – Purcell – Lander8:54

    xG 0.70–0.21 (77%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  2. Pouliot – Yakupov – McDavid9:37

    xG 0.72–0.26 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Nugent-Hopkins – Miller6:42

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Klinkhammer – Slepyshev4:09

    xG 0.09–0.16 (36%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Fayne13:57

    xG 0.90–0.51 (64%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  2. Ference – Gryba12:16

    xG 0.67–0.49 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Klefbom12:11

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

EDM 3.4 xGDET 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1030 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 72% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

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

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