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Sun, Nov 8, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0502229236
CHI2906213428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:58CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:35CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:56EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:28CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Artem Anisimov, Artemi Panarin · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:09EDMAndrej SekeraAssists: Teddy Purcell, Darnell Nurse · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:54CHIArtem AnisimovPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:05EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:44EDMIiro Pakarinen: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:44CHIMarcus Kruger: Embellishment2 min
  4. P1 19:41EDMBrandon Davidson: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 2:16CHIViktor Tikhonov: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:48EDMAnton Lander: Holding2 min
  7. P3 19:46EDMOscar Klefbom: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← EDM attackCHI attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
36Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts60
36Faceoffs won38
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
35Hits24
25Blocked shots11
16Giveaways15
6Takeaways5

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. bestPurcell – Eberle – Lander7:00

    xG 0.76–0.01 (99%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Pakarinen – Miller2:02

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Draisaitl3:34

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Purcell – Lander2:35

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Davidson3:30

    xG 0.70–0.06 (92%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Reinhart11:22

    xG 0.55–0.16 (78%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Nurse13:31

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin13:29

    xG 0.43–0.07 (86%)attempts 13–4goals 3–0

  2. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw2:20

    xG 0.01–0.37 (2%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Tikhonov – Kruger5:18

    xG 0.00–0.46 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  4. Shaw – Dano – Kero7:32

    xG 0.09–0.59 (13%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson2:05

    xG 0.05–0.18 (21%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Svedberg17:43

    xG 0.39–0.89 (31%)attempts 16–19goals 2–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk16:34

    xG 0.29–0.79 (27%)attempts 18–14goals 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.

CHI 2.2 xGEDM 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #699 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 68% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).