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Sat, Oct 20, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 3, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 50% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH07211110328
EDM0409018031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:14NSHP.K. SubbanSHGWGAssists: Colton Sissons, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:42NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Nick Bonino, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:07NSHRoman JosiENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.51 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:49EDMKris Russell: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:47EDMMilan Lucic: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 13:04NSHZac Rinaldo: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:44NSHP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:32NSHRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:12EDMJason Garrison: Interference2 min
  7. P3 10:58NSHRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 14:56EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Hooking2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
28Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts53
30Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
10Hits20
12Blocked shots18
8Giveaways14
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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Smith – Fiala9:21

    xG 0.49–0.20 (72%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson9:47

    xG 0.61–0.42 (59%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Rinaldo – Sissons – Gaudreau4:27

    xG 0.01–0.17 (3%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Jarnkrok – Hartman5:46

    xG 0.03–0.34 (7%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis15:35

    xG 0.75–0.56 (57%)attempts 19–18goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm11:43

    xG 0.44–0.45 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Weber8:46

    xG 0.11–0.30 (26%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Yamamoto9:20

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Kassian – Khaira3:21

    xG 0.11–0.07 (64%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Rieder – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi8:06

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Chiasson – Strome5:55

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse13:12

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Garrison – Bouchard5:59

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom14:44

    xG 0.73–0.74 (50%)attempts 16–15goals 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.

EDM 2.7 xGNSH 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1136 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 50% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

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

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