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Sun, Nov 6, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 2, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11311005228
DET1120704123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:53DETJustin AbdelkaderPPAssists: Brendan Smith, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.45 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:39EDMTyler PitlickAssists: Milan Lucic, Leon Draisaitl · Wrap-around, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:40EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:47EDMEric Gryba: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 17:04DETDylan Larkin: Interference2 min
  3. P2 19:32DETMike Green: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 1:36EDMDarnell Nurse: 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 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDET
28Shots on goal23
2.0Expected goals1.8
44Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits19
17Blocked shots8
8Giveaways8
2Takeaways7

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. bestLucic – Pitlick – Draisaitl13:37

    xG 0.71–0.14 (83%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Eberle – McDavid12:07

    xG 0.66–0.47 (58%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Letestu – Nugent-Hopkins11:21

    xG 0.28–0.14 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  4. Lander – Beck – Slepyshev6:59

    xG 0.08–0.06 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom19:02

    xG 0.79–0.34 (70%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Gryba – Nurse16:45

    xG 0.34–0.17 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Benning12:55

    xG 0.52–0.41 (56%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Helm – Sheahan10:42

    xG 0.35–0.25 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Miller – Glendening3:41

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Nyquist – Larkin12:49

    xG 0.16–0.31 (34%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Tatar – Athanasiou11:18

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Green – DeKeyser19:01

    xG 0.49–0.62 (44%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Marchenko12:58

    xG 0.14–0.40 (26%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith15:45

    xG 0.21–0.66 (24%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

DET 1.8 xGEDM 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #948 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 54% 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).