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Mon, Jan 4, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Edmonton Oilers 1 (OT)

Expected result

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

EDM winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR09090902029
EDM06080815127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 2:47EDMAndrej SekeraGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 8:20CARBrock McGinn: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 11:42CARKris Versteeg: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 16:39EDMBrad Hunt: Hooking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAREDM
29Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals2.4
64Shot attempts49
26Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
20Hits26
11Blocked shots22
13Giveaways10
2Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Versteeg – Lindholm13:34

    xG 0.78–0.37 (68%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom12:43

    xG 0.47–0.07 (88%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Nash – Malone6:05

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – McGinn11:19

    xG 0.22–0.64 (26%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hanifin13:01

    xG 0.62–0.10 (86%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Slavin10:34

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Faulk12:46

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPurcell – Hall – Draisaitl14:29

    xG 1.04–0.40 (72%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins12:39

    xG 0.42–0.48 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Klinkhammer – Lander – Khaira5:28

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Korpikoski – Letestu11:10

    xG 0.03–0.37 (9%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Nurse18:48

    xG 0.68–0.65 (51%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Davidson15:07

    xG 0.30–0.32 (48%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Hunt12:47

    xG 0.16–0.86 (16%)attempts 9–18goals 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 2.4 xGCAR 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1082 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 winsCAR wins

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

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