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Sat, Mar 17, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Edmonton Oilers 4, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

FLA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01017319436
FLA016214012242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:02FLAFrank VatranoUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:09EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsSHAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:54FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Derek MacKenzie, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:38EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ty Rattie, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:13EDMAdam LarssonGWGAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.49 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:10EDMTy RattieENAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.60 xG4–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:10FLAMicheal Haley: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:10EDMJujhar Khaira: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:10FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:08EDMOscar Klefbom: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:09EDMMilan Lucic: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:41EDMMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:43EDMOscar Klefbom: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 3:21EDMTy Rattie: Holding2 min
  9. P3 6:36EDMAnton Slepyshev: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:36FLAVincent Trocheck: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:05EDMLeon Draisaitl: Cross checking2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMFLA
36Shots on goal42
4.5Expected goals4.1
62Shot attempts64
34Faceoffs won29
1Power plays6
19Penalty minutes9
16Hits17
9Blocked shots16
13Giveaways33
15Takeaways14

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. bestRattie – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid12:01

    xG 1.94–1.15 (63%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  2. Slepyshev – Draisaitl – Caggiula9:40

    xG 0.55–0.24 (70%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Lucic – Strome – Puljujarvi6:01

    xG 0.14–0.08 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Pakarinen – Khaira4:51

    xG 0.11–0.18 (39%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse16:13

    xG 1.80–0.83 (68%)attempts 23–13goals 2–0

  2. Klefbom – Bear14:00

    xG 0.94–0.81 (54%)attempts 19–14goals 0–2

  3. Sekera – Benning10:53

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley3:53

    xG 0.17–0.04 (80%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – McCann – Malgin5:17

    xG 0.59–0.49 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Huberdeau – Vatrano10:21

    xG 0.29–0.39 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Dadonov – Bjugstad – Barkov11:16

    xG 0.51–0.85 (37%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson14:48

    xG 0.89–0.60 (60%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Weegar – McCoshen11:35

    xG 0.27–0.33 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad13:28

    xG 0.81–1.58 (34%)attempts 12–23goals 1–1

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.

FLA 4.1 xGEDM 4.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #434 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 54% of the time.

FLA winsEDM wins

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

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