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Mon, Dec 19, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 54% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1701511112335
STL280601102227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:20STLKyle BrodziakAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:44EDMTyler PitlickAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:17STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Robby Fabbri, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:47EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Brandon Davidson, Leon Draisaitl · Deflected, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:55EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:20STLDavid Perron: Interference2 min
  2. P2 7:34STLJoel Edmundson: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 7:34EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 6:56EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 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 SOG0STL
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
35Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won34
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
31Hits24
14Blocked shots15
8Giveaways3
6Takeaways4

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 – Eberle – McDavid13:50

    xG 0.74–0.33 (69%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl5:35

    xG 0.26–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Pitlick – Draisaitl7:52

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian10:13

    xG 0.16–0.28 (36%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Russell18:20

    xG 0.89–0.67 (57%)attempts 17–15goals 0–2

  2. Gryba – Davidson15:18

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom16:28

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Berglund – Perron13:48

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves8:35

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Fabbri11:03

    xG 0.43–0.26 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  4. Stastny – Schwartz – Yakupov10:04

    xG 0.07–0.18 (27%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Parayko16:50

    xG 0.80–0.23 (78%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson11:28

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  3. Pietrangelo – Edmundson19:19

    xG 0.31–1.10 (22%)attempts 13–23goals 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.

STL 2.3 xGEDM 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #495 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 54% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).