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Sun, Jan 8, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 3, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM09312017338
OTT2102513518

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:36OTTZack SmithAssists: Mark Stone, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:53OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Mark Stone, Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:58EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Anton Lander, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:01EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:59EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Andrej Sekera · Backhand, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:33OTTMark StoneAssists: Zack Smith, Derick Brassard · Slap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:14OTTTom PyattGWGAssists: Cody Ceci, Marc Methot · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:38OTTKyle TurrisENAssists: Mike Hoffman, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.58 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:58EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:25OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:23EDMMatt Benning: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:23OTTChris Wideman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:23OTTChris Wideman: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:23EDMMatt Benning: Cross checking2 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 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
38Shots on goal18
2.7Expected goals2.2
73Shot attempts37
23Faceoffs won31
1Power plays1
9Penalty minutes9
26Hits31
8Blocked shots17
6Giveaways10
3Takeaways7

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 – McDavid16:31

    xG 1.38–0.23 (86%)attempts 26–5goals 2–0

  2. Pouliot – Eberle – Caggiula13:44

    xG 0.80–0.19 (81%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Letestu – Nugent-Hopkins3:55

    xG 0.15–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Letestu – Lander6:00

    xG 0.04–0.03 (54%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Klefbom13:49

    xG 1.28–0.24 (84%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Larsson14:31

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Benning13:04

    xG 0.71–0.53 (57%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Brassard – Smith – Stone14:25

    xG 0.64–0.64 (50%)attempts 13–17goals 2–1

  2. Neil – Kelly – Lazar6:36

    xG 0.01–0.06 (20%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Pyatt – Pageau2:31

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel11:17

    xG 0.19–0.38 (34%)attempts 8–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci8:50

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Wideman2:07

    xG 0.01–0.03 (33%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman5:03

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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.

OTT 2.2 xGEDM 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #238 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 58% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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