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Sun, Feb 3, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Edmonton Oilers 3, Montréal Canadiens 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

MTL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM172100502324
MTL113161612427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:23MTLShea WeberPPAssists: Jonathan Drouin · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:44EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Milan Lucic, Darnell Nurse · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:09MTLMax DomiAssists: Jeff Petry, Paul Byron · Wrap-around, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:05EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:55EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Alex Chiasson, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:35MTLJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Max Domi, Tomas Tatar · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:58MTLJonathan DrouinGWGAssists: Victor Mete, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:34EDMMatt Benning: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:28EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  3. P1 7:42MTLMax Domi: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 2:24EDMKris Russell: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:18MTLJonathan Drouin: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 3:18EDMLeon Draisaitl: Embellishment2 min
  7. P2 6:27MTLJordie Benn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 14:28MTLShea Weber: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 18:06MTLMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 3:49EDMAdam Larsson: Slashing2 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 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMMTL
24Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.1
51Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
30Hits28
23Blocked shots16
15Giveaways17
9Takeaways11

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. bestChiasson – Rieder – Draisaitl9:08

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Rattie – McDavid9:48

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Brodziak – Malone – Puljujarvi5:02

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira5:23

    xG 0.03–0.10 (21%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse15:58

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  2. Manning – Benning11:03

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Gravel – Larsson17:56

    xG 0.53–0.86 (38%)attempts 12–23goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Tatar – Domi5:45

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi8:06

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Peca – Hudon5:13

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Hudon – Domi2:37

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Reilly11:10

    xG 0.77–0.30 (72%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Kulak10:47

    xG 0.20–0.09 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Benn2:43

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 6–4goals 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.

MTL 2.1 xGEDM 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #224 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 58% of the time.

MTL winsEDM wins

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

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