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Sat, Nov 3, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 4, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM111216115442
DET11016110326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:12EDMDrake CaggiulaAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:52DETJacob de la RoseAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:15EDMAlex ChiassonAssists: Connor McDavid, Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:29EDMKyle BrodziakAssists: Jujhar Khaira · Snap, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:24DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Luke Glendening, Martin Frk · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:57EDMKyle BrodziakGWGAssists: Jujhar Khaira · Snap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:34DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Dylan Larkin, Gustav Nyquist · Snap, 0.41 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:28DETMike Green: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 4:09EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 15:17EDMKyle Brodziak: 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDET
42Shots on goal26
3.6Expected goals2.5
64Shot attempts47
36Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
17Hits23
11Blocked shots8
7Giveaways14
3Takeaways7

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. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Caggiula14:48

    xG 1.04–0.20 (84%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Chiasson – Rieder – Draisaitl12:42

    xG 0.77–0.33 (70%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Strome – Puljujarvi10:43

    xG 0.45–0.12 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Kassian – Khaira9:14

    xG 0.61–0.69 (47%)attempts 16–10goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom20:29

    xG 1.71–0.64 (73%)attempts 29–13goals 3–1

  2. Garrison – Benning10:21

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Nurse18:15

    xG 0.70–0.69 (51%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – de la Rose – Rasmussen11:40

    xG 0.61–0.41 (60%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Megan – Frk – Bertuzzi2:48

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Glendening – Mantha2:24

    xG 0.06–0.04 (57%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Megan – Frk – Mantha2:10

    xG 0.02–0.10 (13%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Cholowski7:11

    xG 0.40–0.31 (57%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Jensen4:58

    xG 0.22–0.14 (60%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Daley – DeKeyser6:40

    xG 0.15–0.43 (26%)attempts 2–8goals 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.

DET 2.5 xGEDM 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #566 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

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

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