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Mon, Nov 23, 2015·Verizon Center, Washington

Edmonton Oilers 0, Washington Capitals 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 75% of the time.

WSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM013010010033
WSH0708115130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 13:28WSHDmitry OrlovGWGAssists: Tom Wilson, Brooks Laich · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:25WSHTom Wilson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 1:53EDMEric Gryba: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:45EDMEric Gryba: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:28WSHNicklas Backstrom: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:28WSHNicklas Backstrom: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 5:21EDMNail Yakupov: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0WSH
47% to win54% to win
← EDM attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuznetsov won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWSH
33Shots on goal30
3.3Expected goals1.9
68Shot attempts54
22Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits28
11Blocked shots19
7Giveaways6
6Takeaways11

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 – Hall – Draisaitl13:14

    xG 0.70–0.15 (82%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Letestu – Yakupov7:57

    xG 0.64–0.19 (77%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Korpikoski – Gazdic – Pakarinen4:06

    xG 0.23–0.14 (63%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins12:47

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Klefbom13:05

    xG 0.87–0.28 (76%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  2. Gryba – Davidson9:49

    xG 0.51–0.25 (68%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Davidson2:01

    xG 0.05–0.14 (26%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Johansson – Kuznetsov13:35

    xG 0.67–0.29 (70%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Beagle – Galiev6:16

    xG 0.16–0.46 (26%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Laich – Latta – Wilson6:17

    xG 0.11–0.43 (21%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

  4. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom14:16

    xG 0.22–0.70 (24%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Carlson – Schmidt17:26

    xG 0.72–0.86 (45%)attempts 20–27goals 0–0

  2. Chorney – Orlov7:13

    xG 0.12–0.50 (20%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  3. Niskanen – Alzner16:16

    xG 0.31–0.76 (29%)attempts 10–16goals 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.

WSH 1.9 xGEDM 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1094 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 75% of the time.

WSH winsEDM wins

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

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