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Thu, Feb 4, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 7, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM31311035728
OTT113110015238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:29EDMMark FayneAssists: Matt Hendricks, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:10EDMJordan EberleAssists: Connor McDavid, Benoit Pouliot · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:16EDMJordan EberlePPGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Benoit Pouliot · Snap, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P1 14:23OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:46OTTMark StoneAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:58EDMZack KassianAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Eric Gryba · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 2:24EDMAndrej SekeraPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Mark Letestu · Slap, 0.04 xG5–2
  8. P3 5:53EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Taylor Hall, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.03 xG6–2
  9. P3 16:56EDMBrandon DavidsonPPAssists: Iiro Pakarinen, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.02 xG7–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:25EDMEric Gryba: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:25OTTMax McCormick: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:53OTTChris Neil: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:06EDMBenoit Pouliot: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 7:02EDMMark Fayne: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:57OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:57EDMEric Gryba: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 18:06EDMDarnell Nurse: Interference2 min
  9. P3 2:06OTTShane Prince: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 6:25EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 6:25OTTMax McCormick: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 12:43EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 15:21OTTChris Wideman: Roughing2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
28Shots on goal38
1.4Expected goals1.7
53Shot attempts76
29Faceoffs won43
3Power plays4
23Penalty minutes21
20Hits34
27Blocked shots18
9Giveaways11
8Takeaways4

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. bestPouliot – Eberle – McDavid11:12

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Purcell – Hall – Draisaitl12:16

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Letestu – Kassian – Yakupov11:42

    xG 0.08–0.28 (22%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Korpikoski – Pakarinen8:57

    xG 0.05–0.28 (15%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Davidson11:25

    xG 0.44–0.18 (71%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Nurse13:33

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 15–14goals 2–1

  3. Sekera – Fayne14:08

    xG 0.13–0.54 (19%)attempts 6–28goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Stone – Pageau10:43

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 22–9goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad13:05

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 14–10goals 0–2

  3. Neil – Prince – Lazar2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Neil – McCormick – Prince3:14

    xG 0.01–0.03 (25%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci11:13

    xG 0.24–0.09 (72%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  2. Methot – Karlsson18:21

    xG 0.39–0.47 (46%)attempts 25–18goals 1–3

  3. Wiercioch – Wideman14:52

    xG 0.24–0.50 (32%)attempts 12–18goals 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.

OTT 1.7 xGEDM 1.4 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #368 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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