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Thu, Mar 10, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Edmonton Oilers 2, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1130418225
MIN01211008130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:55EDMLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Mark Letestu, Adam Clendening · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:04MINZach PariseUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:31EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Zack Kassian, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:52MINJustin Fontaine: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:16MINMikael Granlund: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:34EDMAndrej Sekera: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 13:26EDMJordan Eberle: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 16:24EDMMark Letestu: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:12EDMAdam Cracknell: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
47% to win54% to win
← EDM attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMMIN
25Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts60
15Faceoffs won40
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
15Hits9
18Blocked shots15
4Giveaways11
3Takeaways8

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. bestMaroon – Eberle – Draisaitl10:28

    xG 0.59–0.17 (78%)attempts 19–6goals 0–1

  2. Kassian – Hall – McDavid12:07

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Hendricks – Cracknell – Pakarinen2:03

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Letestu – Yakupov8:58

    xG 0.13–0.29 (30%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPardy – Oesterle11:30

    xG 0.67–0.19 (78%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Fayne14:23

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  3. Fayne – Oesterle2:15

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Porter – Jones6:02

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Haula – Niederreiter – Fontaine9:03

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Zucker – Fontaine2:36

    xG 0.02–0.04 (36%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Zucker – Granlund8:29

    xG 0.18–0.22 (45%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Dumba9:28

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Scandella – Brodin6:15

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Brodin5:25

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

MIN 2.4 xGEDM 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #637 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 55% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

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

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