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Sat, Jan 13, 2018·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Edmonton Oilers 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 71% of the time.

VGK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM0121111611330
VGK0821301500236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:01EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:56VGKReilly SmithUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:53VGKWilliam KarlssonAssists: Jonathan Marchessault · Snap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:29EDMDrake CaggiulaAssists: Patrick Maroon, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:53EDMDarnell NurseGWGAssists: Drake Caggiula, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:53EDMAdam Larsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 5:18EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:02VGKBrayden McNabb: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:47EDMMilan Lucic: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:48EDMOscar Klefbom: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:39VGKBrayden McNabb: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 13:39EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 14:41EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  9. P2 16:55VGKShea Theodore: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 4:14EDMLeon Draisaitl: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 9:05VGKWilliam Karlsson: 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 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Marchessault won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVGK
30Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals3.1
36Shot attempts65
21Faceoffs won36
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
14Hits19
16Blocked shots3
7Giveaways14
9Takeaways12

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 – McDavid8:55

    xG 0.49–0.31 (61%)attempts 5–10goals 1–1

  2. Maroon – McDavid – Caggiula5:41

    xG 0.08–0.09 (45%)attempts 2–5goals 1–1

  3. Cammalleri – Strome – Caggiula3:04

    xG 0.08–0.14 (36%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi3:58

    xG 0.01–0.11 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse12:16

    xG 0.62–0.18 (77%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Klefbom – Benning11:39

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Klefbom2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Perron – Haula9:15

    xG 0.56–0.21 (72%)attempts 12–2goals 0–1

  2. Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch6:27

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek5:32

    xG 0.13–0.08 (61%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault12:03

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Theodore15:16

    xG 0.81–0.24 (77%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Hunt7:04

    xG 0.17–0.11 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Schmidt12:27

    xG 0.53–0.55 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

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.

VGK 3.1 xGEDM 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #303 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 71% of the time.

VGK winsEDM wins

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

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