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Fri, Nov 27, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 3, Detroit Red Wings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM042111900324
DET093160611432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:11DETGustav NyquistAssists: Mike Green, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:07DETTomas TatarAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Jonathan Ericsson · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:17EDMIiro PakarinenAssists: Anton Lander, Teddy Purcell · Snap, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:44EDMAndrej SekeraPPAssists: Mark Letestu, Benoit Pouliot · Slap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:24DETDylan LarkinAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:45EDMIiro PakarinenUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:26DETNiklas KronwallGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:00EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:35DETDylan Larkin: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:12EDMJordan Eberle: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:46DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 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 SOG0DET
47% to win54% to win
← EDM attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hendricks won the faceoff against Sheahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDET
24Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals3.6
50Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits22
15Blocked shots10
4Giveaways8
1Takeaways3

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. Eberle – Lander – Pakarinen2:42

    xG 0.02–0.06 (23%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Purcell – Hall – Draisaitl14:08

    xG 0.80–0.87 (48%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Hendricks – Korpikoski – Letestu12:21

    xG 0.42–0.87 (33%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

  4. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins13:39

    xG 0.48–0.96 (33%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Nurse17:15

    xG 0.83–0.47 (64%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Davidson6:45

    xG 0.48–0.30 (62%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Gryba – Klefbom2:25

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Tatar – Sheahan10:51

    xG 1.08–0.56 (66%)attempts 12–6goals 2–1

  2. Richards – Datsyuk – Pulkkinen10:01

    xG 0.53–0.19 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin11:43

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Miller – Helm – Glendening6:39

    xG 0.35–0.60 (37%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser3:01

    xG 0.98–0.02 (98%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  2. Kronwall – Green15:50

    xG 0.81–0.51 (61%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson2:07

    xG 0.16–0.06 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

DET 3.6 xGEDM 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #142 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

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

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