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Thu, Feb 2, 2017·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 0, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM04014013031
NSH0921404227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:26NSHViktor ArvidssonGWGAssists: Ryan Johansen · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:21NSHRyan JohansenAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:39NSHFilip Forsberg: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:13EDMPatrick Maroon: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 13:02EDMDrake Caggiula: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:54EDMAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  5. P2 5:00NSHCody McLeod: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:12EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 7:12NSHCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 6:49NSHViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
31Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won40
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
30Hits16
17Blocked shots7
8Giveaways11
8Takeaways13

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 – McDavid11:50

    xG 1.47–0.44 (77%)attempts 20–10goals 0–2

  2. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian5:33

    xG 0.19–0.01 (94%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Slepyshev – Caggiula10:05

    xG 0.23–0.50 (32%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins12:14

    xG 0.23–0.53 (30%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom12:32

    xG 1.44–0.75 (66%)attempts 20–11goals 0–2

  2. Davidson – Benning11:55

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Russell14:06

    xG 0.49–0.66 (42%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Wilson – Jarnkrok9:46

    xG 0.50–0.11 (82%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Smith – Watson11:03

    xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. McLeod – Zolnierczyk – Sissons5:36

    xG 0.00–0.20 (1%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson11:17

    xG 0.32–1.09 (23%)attempts 7–15goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm15:27

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Bitetto12:26

    xG 0.04–0.24 (15%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Ellis – Irwin16:23

    xG 0.55–1.65 (25%)attempts 10–25goals 2–0

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.

NSH 2.6 xGEDM 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1215 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 60% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

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

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