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Wed, Nov 22, 2017·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 6, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2831416628
DET2110308222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:25DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Justin Abdelkader · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:25EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Connor McDavid, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:05EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Yohann Auvitu · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:25DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:24EDMJujhar KhairaGWGAssists: Ryan Strome, Yohann Auvitu · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:22EDMMark LetestuAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Zack Kassian · Snap, 0.28 xG4–2
  7. P2 18:16EDMDrake CaggiulaAssists: Connor McDavid, Kris Russell · Snap, 0.14 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:55EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.02 xG6–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:14EDMPatrick Maroon: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:17EDMJujhar Khaira: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 15:49DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDET
28Shots on goal22
2.3Expected goals1.4
45Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won30
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
18Hits16
15Blocked shots10
11Giveaways13
4Takeaways6

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. bestCammalleri – Letestu – Kassian7:58

    xG 0.44–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Strome – Khaira – Puljujarvi11:05

    xG 0.46–0.09 (83%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  3. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl12:11

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – McDavid – Caggiula14:52

    xG 0.51–0.44 (54%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Klefbom16:02

    xG 0.81–0.33 (71%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  2. Benning – Auvitu12:56

    xG 0.79–0.31 (72%)attempts 18–9goals 3–0

  3. Larsson – Nurse21:31

    xG 0.35–0.42 (46%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Tatar – Larkin3:08

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening11:04

    xG 0.15–0.13 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist2:56

    xG 0.02–0.03 (43%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Abdelkader – Wilson – Athanasiou2:13

    xG 0.03–0.06 (35%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOuellet – DeKeyser2:06

    xG 0.08–0.01 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Green2:38

    xG 0.14–0.14 (49%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Green2:28

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

DET 1.4 xGEDM 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #566 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 67% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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