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Thu, Feb 7, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Edmonton Oilers 4, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1815210423
MIN06015115136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:15EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Connor McDavid, Zack Kassian · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:32EDMTy RattieGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:50MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Jason Zucker, Luke Kunin · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:35EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Alex Chiasson, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:40EDMZack KassianENAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.71 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:40MINRyan Suter: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:18EDMMatt Benning: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 5:15MINJason Zucker: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:34EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 8:46MINMikael Granlund: Tripping2 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 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMMIN
23Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals2.1
35Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits21
15Blocked shots5
3Giveaways6
0Takeaways9

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. bestRieder – Cave – Puljujarvi4:26

    xG 0.28–0.18 (60%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins10:30

    xG 0.15–0.39 (28%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Malone – Kassian – Khaira11:10

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

  4. Rattie – Draisaitl – McDavid14:27

    xG 0.30–0.73 (29%)attempts 8–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:38

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Benning12:29

    xG 0.50–0.59 (46%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Nurse16:11

    xG 0.21–0.64 (25%)attempts 7–21goals 1–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZucker – Eriksson Ek – Kunin8:53

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Fehr – Foligno – Rau5:43

    xG 0.31–0.16 (67%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Coyle – Rask11:32

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Granlund – Greenway8:45

    xG 0.19–0.35 (36%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon20:48

    xG 1.20–0.19 (86%)attempts 30–9goals 1–0

  2. Bitetto – Brodin14:48

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Pateryn – Seeler12:48

    xG 0.36–0.56 (39%)attempts 13–9goals 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.

MIN 2.1 xGEDM 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #909 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 57% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

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

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