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Fri, Jan 20, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH012115115022344
EDM0811016080232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:12NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:53EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:55NSHRyan EllisAssists: Ryan Johansen, Matt Irwin · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:31EDMMilan LucicPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Mark Letestu stopped
  2. 2. NSH Ryan Ellis scored
  3. 3. EDM Patrick Maroon stopped
  4. 4. NSH James Neal scored
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 5:07EDMPatrick Maroon: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:00EDMMatt Benning: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 12:20EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:20NSHAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:33NSHAnthony Bitetto: Holding2 min
  6. P2 1:19NSHMike Ribeiro: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 4:37EDMMatt Hendricks: Elbowing2 min
  8. P2 4:37EDMMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 4:37NSHCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 7:46EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 7:46NSHRyan Ellis: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 8:02EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  13. P2 10:09EDMMilan Lucic: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  14. P3 5:05EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 5:05NSHCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 13:11NSHMatt Irwin: Tripping2 min
  17. P3 14:45NSHAustin Watson: Roughing2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← NSH attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Caggiula won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
44Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals3.6
78Shot attempts56
52Faceoffs won36
5Power plays4
22Penalty minutes24
22Hits29
13Blocked shots20
17Giveaways20
12Takeaways16

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson9:19

    xG 1.24–0.24 (84%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Ribeiro – Neal – Jarnkrok7:28

    xG 0.38–0.17 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Fisher – Smith – Watson9:30

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – Grant – Zolnierczyk5:19

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm12:40

    xG 0.80–0.04 (95%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Ellis – Irwin15:53

    xG 0.90–0.35 (72%)attempts 24–13goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Bitetto7:44

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Slepyshev – Caggiula7:24

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian3:40

    xG 0.16–0.14 (52%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Draisaitl – McDavid13:53

    xG 0.25–0.36 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins9:09

    xG 0.18–0.38 (33%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDavidson – Benning9:17

    xG 0.25–0.09 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Russell11:50

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom15:14

    xG 0.25–1.68 (13%)attempts 7–27goals 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.

EDM 3.6 xGNSH 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #219 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 57% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

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

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