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Mon, Feb 25, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 2, Nashville Predators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 74% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM190919001227
NSH010212015012338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:08EDMLeon DraisaitlSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:43NSHColton SissonsAssists: Rocco Grimaldi, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:07NSHP.K. SubbanAssists: Nick Bonino, Calle Jarnkrok · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:12EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Alex Chiasson · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Kyle Turris stopped
  2. 2. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  3. 3. NSH Ryan Ellis stopped
  4. 4. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  5. 5. NSH Filip Forsberg scored
  6. 6. EDM Sam Gagner scored
  7. 7. NSH Brian Boyle scored
  8. 8. EDM Ty Rattie stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:14EDMDarnell Nurse: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:18EDMAndrej Sekera: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:35NSHMatt Donovan: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:13NSHKyle Turris: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:24EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:29NSHKyle Turris: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:58EDMMikko Koskinen: Delaying game2 min
  8. OT 0:55EDMTobias Rieder: 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
27Shots on goal38
2.2Expected goals3.8
46Shot attempts74
28Faceoffs won29
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
17Hits26
13Blocked shots11
3Giveaways17
5Takeaways6

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 – Draisaitl11:44

    xG 0.44–0.12 (78%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Malone – Rattie5:41

    xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins12:06

    xG 0.43–0.62 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Cave – Currie7:43

    xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning9:14

    xG 0.57–0.38 (60%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Nurse14:43

    xG 0.15–0.45 (25%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Klefbom19:49

    xG 0.25–1.64 (13%)attempts 9–30goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Jarnkrok – Sissons10:06

    xG 1.01–0.59 (63%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson13:02

    xG 0.65–0.30 (68%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. McLeod – Grimaldi – Gaudreau2:59

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Bonino – Grimaldi8:51

    xG 0.11–0.31 (26%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Irwin7:04

    xG 0.76–0.12 (86%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm16:42

    xG 0.68–0.46 (60%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  3. Josi – Ellis13:52

    xG 0.74–0.55 (57%)attempts 13–15goals 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.

NSH 3.8 xGEDM 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #339 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 74% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

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

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