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Fri, Dec 29, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 61% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI11111411011436
EDM11901221400345

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:26EDMJesse PuljujarviPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:05CHIRyan HartmanAssists: Patrick Kane, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:06CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Duncan Keith · Snap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:28CHIJordan OesterlePPAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza · Snap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:41EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:05EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:50CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Nick Schmaltz · Backhand, 0.29 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:00CHIMichal Kempny: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:28CHIBrandon Saad: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:41EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:38EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:19EDMLeon Draisaitl: Too many men on the ice2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIEDM
36Shots on goal45
4.5Expected goals5.3
78Shot attempts80
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits31
18Blocked shots25
8Giveaways22
13Takeaways5

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBouma – Wingels – Hayden9:25

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Hinostroza – DeBrincat – Kampf10:58

    xG 0.64–0.63 (51%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Panik – Saad12:30

    xG 0.67–0.82 (45%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Hartman – Schmaltz13:20

    xG 1.03–1.56 (40%)attempts 14–24goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Oesterle2:01

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Kempny10:35

    xG 1.04–0.88 (54%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Murphy17:56

    xG 1.13–1.10 (51%)attempts 16–22goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi10:40

    xG 1.55–0.68 (69%)attempts 22–10goals 0–1

  2. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi7:00

    xG 0.82–0.54 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – McDavid – Caggiula5:41

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Khaira – Draisaitl9:13

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom18:43

    xG 1.19–0.75 (62%)attempts 24–17goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Nurse16:26

    xG 0.85–1.18 (42%)attempts 15–27goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Benning14:11

    xG 0.80–1.34 (37%)attempts 17–16goals 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 5.3 xGCHI 4.5 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #122 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 61% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).