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Fri, Feb 15, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Edmonton Oilers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

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

CAR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM112017012141
CAR2905113327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:37CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Sebastian Aho, Justin Williams · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:32EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 2:16CARLucas WallmarkGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Micheal Ferland · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:23CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Sebastian Aho, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:39EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:24CARSebastian Aho: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 14:20CARNino Niederreiter: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:18CARNino Niederreiter: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 18:03CARJordan Martinook: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:03EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:49EDMAdam Larsson: 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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Wallmark
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCAR
41Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.7
63Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won41
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
29Hits24
12Blocked shots17
5Giveaways19
8Takeaways13

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. bestKhaira – Cave – Puljujarvi3:10

    xG 0.30–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins8:31

    xG 0.28–0.22 (57%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  3. Malone – Khaira – Puljujarvi4:32

    xG 0.06–0.05 (54%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Rattie – Cave2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Gravel10:07

    xG 0.45–0.32 (59%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom2:29

    xG 0.03–0.04 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Nurse16:16

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho13:00

    xG 0.98–0.42 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 2–1

  2. McKegg – Maenalanen – Foegele5:56

    xG 0.20–0.21 (49%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – McGinn – Svechnikov9:18

    xG 0.08–0.16 (34%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Teravainen – Wallmark10:44

    xG 0.23–0.46 (33%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – van Riemsdyk14:12

    xG 0.52–0.41 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Pesce14:18

    xG 0.63–0.63 (50%)attempts 11–13goals 2–1

  3. Hamilton – Slavin16:57

    xG 0.39–0.58 (40%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

CAR 2.7 xGEDM 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAREDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1040 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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.

CAR winsEDM wins

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

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