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Fri, Jan 12, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Edmonton Oilers 4, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2130529427
ARI2100507222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:03ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Jordan Martinook · Backhand, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:17ARIJosh ArchibaldAssists: Christian Dvorak, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:16EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Adam Larsson, Jujhar Khaira · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:22EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:57EDMDarnell NurseGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:40EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsENAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.71 xG4–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 5:48ARIRichard Panik: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 16:11EDMMilan Lucic: Tripping2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMARI
27Shots on goal22
3.4Expected goals1.9
51Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won28
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
27Hits25
13Blocked shots10
8Giveaways3
3Takeaways10

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 – McDavid16:37

    xG 1.18–0.29 (80%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  2. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi11:50

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Strome – Khaira12:18

    xG 0.16–0.31 (33%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Kassian – Caggiula6:13

    xG 0.27–0.53 (34%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Benning17:45

    xG 1.01–0.28 (78%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse17:07

    xG 0.73–0.65 (53%)attempts 15–15goals 2–1

  3. Sekera – Russell17:50

    xG 0.19–0.58 (25%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRieder – Domi – Fischer10:55

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook9:38

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 1–2

  3. Archibald – Dvorak – Keller13:47

    xG 0.34–0.52 (40%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Stepan – Panik – Perlini12:54

    xG 0.24–0.47 (34%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Chychrun18:35

    xG 0.95–0.28 (77%)attempts 18–11goals 2–1

  2. Demers – Connauton15:00

    xG 0.24–0.58 (29%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson16:47

    xG 0.45–1.19 (27%)attempts 14–17goals 0–2

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.

ARI 1.9 xGEDM 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #475 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 74% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

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

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