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Sat, Jan 2, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Arizona Coyotes 3, Edmonton Oilers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 53% of the time.

EDM winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI11211019031334
EDM210012116032441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:56ARISteve DownieAssists: Jordan Martinook, Brad Richardson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:55EDMTaylor HallAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Teddy Purcell · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:39EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Mark Letestu, Benoit Pouliot · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:30ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Jordan Martinook, Klas Dahlbeck · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:51ARIAnthony DuclairAssists: Max Domi, Klas Dahlbeck · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:08EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Benoit Pouliot · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. ARI Mikkel Boedker scored
  3. 3. EDM Matt Hendricks scored
  4. 4. ARI Max Domi stopped
  5. 5. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  6. 6. ARI Antoine Vermette stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:33EDMBenoit Pouliot: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:20ARINicklas Grossmann: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:46EDMBenoit Pouliot: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:39EDMEric Gryba: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:57ARILaurent Dauphin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 2:55ARISteve Downie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 15:30ARIMax Domi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 19:11EDMBenoit Pouliot: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 19:11ARIMichael Stone: Roughing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackEDM 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.

ARIEDM
34Shots on goal41
2.9Expected goals3.1
65Shot attempts70
38Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
23Hits26
19Blocked shots16
9Giveaways13
8Takeaways10

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Richardson – Martinook13:10

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Vermette – Boedker – Rieder6:14

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Chipchura – Downie – Dauphin2:42

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Tikhonov – Duclair – Domi2:22

    xG 0.00–0.17 (2%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy18:05

    xG 1.04–0.73 (59%)attempts 23–18goals 0–1

  2. Michalek – Dahlbeck10:14

    xG 0.45–0.27 (62%)attempts 15–13goals 3–1

  3. Grossmann – Stone15:14

    xG 0.65–0.83 (44%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPurcell – Hall – Draisaitl13:14

    xG 0.61–0.40 (60%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Klinkhammer – Lander – Khaira5:53

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Korpikoski – Letestu9:16

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  4. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins13:05

    xG 0.71–0.95 (43%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Nurse13:02

    xG 0.52–0.29 (65%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Hunt13:08

    xG 0.33–0.55 (38%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Davidson14:40

    xG 0.67–1.13 (37%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGARI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #67 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.82 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 53% of the time.

EDM winsARI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).