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Sat, Jan 7, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

Edmonton Oilers 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 83% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM0160141914243
NJD17060601120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:44NJDMiles WoodAssists: Travis Zajac, Steven Santini · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:33EDMMatt BenningAssists: Andrej Sekera, Mark Letestu · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:59EDMMark LetestuPPGWGAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:47NJDPavel Zacha: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 1:47EDMBenoit Pouliot: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 17:01EDMPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:18NJDMiles Wood: Cross checking2 min
  5. OT 2:41NJDTravis Zajac: Slashing2 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 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNJD
43Shots on goal20
3.7Expected goals1.5
77Shot attempts34
21Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits17
7Blocked shots13
5Giveaways10
5Takeaways1

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 – Draisaitl – McDavid16:23

    xG 1.26–0.53 (71%)attempts 23–9goals 0–1

  2. Hendricks – Letestu – Lander9:16

    xG 0.38–0.04 (90%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  3. Pouliot – Eberle – Caggiula10:40

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins13:34

    xG 0.28–0.43 (39%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Larsson17:53

    xG 0.85–0.19 (82%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Benning16:42

    xG 0.73–0.21 (78%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom2:13

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Zajac – Hall10:30

    xG 0.64–0.48 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Smith-Pelly – Wood – Zacha9:20

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Smith-Pelly – Kalinin – Lappin2:53

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Gazdic – Kalinin – Lappin6:35

    xG 0.05–0.37 (12%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Lovejoy5:31

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  2. Merrill – Santini5:43

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Quincey – Severson4:30

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)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.

NJD 1.5 xGEDM 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #750 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 83% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

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

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