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Wed, Dec 21, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Edmonton Oilers 3, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 88% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2121801321
ARI010110116236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:13EDMMark LetestuAssists: Zack Kassian, Matt Hendricks · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:07EDMMilan LucicPPAssists: Mark Letestu, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:16EDMMatt HendricksGWGAssists: Mark Letestu, Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:19ARIMartin HanzalPPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:53ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–2
Penalties (21)
  1. P1 9:53ARIMartin Hanzal: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:08ARIJakob Chychrun: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:42EDMBenoit Pouliot: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:07EDMAndrej Sekera: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 5:42ARILuke Schenn: Instigator2 min
  6. P3 5:42EDMEric Gryba: Major5 min
  7. P3 5:42ARILuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 5:42ARILuke Schenn: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 5:42EDMEric Gryba: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 5:42EDMEric Gryba: Game misconduct10 min
  11. P3 6:12ARIRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 12:34ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 12:34EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 12:34EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 17:07ARIMartin Hanzal: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 17:07EDMMark Letestu: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 19:16ARIMartin Hanzal: Fighting5 min
  18. P3 19:16EDMMark Letestu: Fighting5 min · PPG
  19. P3 19:16ARIShane Doan: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 19:16EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  21. P3 19:16EDMZack Kassian: Match penatly 10 minutes10 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Martinook
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMARI
21Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals4.2
41Shot attempts78
24Faceoffs won29
3Power plays5
47Penalty minutes34
29Hits49
23Blocked shots12
2Giveaways2
1Takeaways2

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. bestHendricks – Letestu – Kassian8:45

    xG 0.61–0.32 (66%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  2. Lucic – Eberle – McDavid12:56

    xG 0.46–0.40 (54%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Puljujarvi – Caggiula4:53

    xG 0.03–0.01 (84%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl8:28

    xG 0.12–0.50 (20%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Davidson11:13

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Klefbom12:52

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Russell13:47

    xG 0.39–0.65 (38%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Hanzal – Rieder3:01

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Martinook – Crouse3:39

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Rieder – Martinook4:50

    xG 0.19–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Crouse6:57

    xG 0.29–0.24 (54%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Stone13:31

    xG 0.71–0.21 (77%)attempts 21–9goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Chychrun8:46

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy12:38

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 11–11goals 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.

ARI 4.2 xGEDM 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #439 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 88% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

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

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