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Thu, Oct 19, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1901401415242
CHI1701001103131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:33CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jan Rutta, Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:18EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid, Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:44EDMMark LetestuPPGWGAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:31EDMCam Talbot: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  2. P2 0:09EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:13EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:59EDMZack Kassian: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 9:09CHIBrent Seabrook: Interference2 min
  6. P3 3:30EDMIiro Pakarinen: Boarding2 min
  7. OT 3:45CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Schmaltz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
42Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals2.8
61Shot attempts68
36Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
32Hits24
23Blocked shots12
9Giveaways9
11Takeaways9

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 – McDavid – Yamamoto13:54

    xG 1.46–0.35 (81%)attempts 28–13goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Malone – Kassian7:38

    xG 0.40–0.13 (75%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Strome9:28

    xG 0.20–0.11 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Pakarinen – Slepyshev8:10

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:50

    xG 0.86–0.42 (67%)attempts 21–17goals 1–1

  2. Gryba – Auvitu12:51

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Nurse13:42

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Kane – Hartman – Schmaltz13:44

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Bouma – Hayden – Kero2:26

    xG 0.09–0.09 (51%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Anisimov – DeBrincat4:29

    xG 0.16–0.17 (50%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Bouma – Hayden4:57

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Oesterle11:31

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Forsling – Rutta14:13

    xG 0.45–0.48 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook15:22

    xG 0.24–0.87 (22%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

CHI 2.8 xGEDM 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #780 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 51% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).