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Tue, Jan 22, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Detroit Red Wings 3, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01121214327
EDM07010217234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:03DETDylan LarkinAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:01DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Darren Helm, Andreas Athanasiou · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:31EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Alex Chiasson, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:28DETLuke GlendeningGWGAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:34EDMMatt BenningAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:30EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:06DETFrans Nielsen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:18EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 5:38EDMAdam Larsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:35DETDanny DeKeyser: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:17DETMike Green: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETEDM
27Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals3.6
45Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits36
16Blocked shots8
7Giveaways12
5Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Nyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin8:47

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Abdelkader – de la Rose – Ehn4:42

    xG 0.11–0.23 (32%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou7:14

    xG 0.42–0.70 (37%)attempts 7–12goals 2–1

  4. Nielsen – Vanek – Mantha6:00

    xG 0.09–0.41 (18%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green14:41

    xG 0.71–0.49 (59%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – DeKeyser15:41

    xG 0.77–0.56 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Ericsson – Hronek9:20

    xG 0.13–0.67 (16%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Draisaitl – McDavid4:44

    xG 0.49–0.29 (62%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  2. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid2:14

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira – Puljujarvi3:43

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Khaira – Draisaitl5:30

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse16:03

    xG 0.94–0.34 (74%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Benning11:23

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Benning – Nurse3:03

    xG 0.06–0.03 (67%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.6 xGDET 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #829 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 65% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

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

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