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Wed, Jan 2, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Edmonton Oilers 3, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0721215324
ARI1160905130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:08ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Richard Panik, Kevin Connauton · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:49EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Adam Larsson, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:43EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Zack Kassian, Leon Draisaitl · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:15EDMConnor McDavidENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:56ARIConor Garland: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:12EDMKyle Brodziak: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 17:10ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:51ARIConor Garland: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMARI
24Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
36Hits29
13Blocked shots16
4Giveaways2
5Takeaways3

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. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid15:11

    xG 1.05–0.91 (54%)attempts 17–12goals 2–1

  2. Brodziak – Rattie – Gambardella5:07

    xG 0.02–0.01 (61%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Rieder – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi10:46

    xG 0.21–0.39 (35%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Spooner – Khaira7:43

    xG 0.04–0.25 (14%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse13:47

    xG 0.70–0.21 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Jones4:05

    xG 0.08–0.06 (58%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Petrovic – Jones16:16

    xG 0.54–0.67 (45%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestArchibald – Cousins – Crouse9:19

    xG 0.25–0.07 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Panik – Hinostroza10:46

    xG 0.56–0.44 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  3. Kempe – Fischer – Garland5:54

    xG 0.01–0.11 (11%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Galchenyuk – Keller12:48

    xG 0.37–0.68 (35%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Oesterle13:12

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Oesterle2:26

    xG 0.14–0.02 (86%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Chychrun – Lyubushkin13:48

    xG 0.06–0.13 (32%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

ARI 3.0 xGEDM 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #1007 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).