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Thu, Feb 28, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 4, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM092928426
OTT11309115237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:59OTTChris TierneyAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:47EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Josh Currie · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:21EDMSam GagnerAssists: Ty Rattie, Matt Benning · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:46EDMColby CaveGWGAssists: Josh Currie · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:15OTTMark BorowieckiAssists: Christian Jaros, Colin White · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:53EDMZack KassianENAssists: Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.75 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 10:02OTTChristian Jaros: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 18:49OTTMagnus Paajarvi: Holding2 min
  3. P3 14:51EDMAlex Chiasson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 15:31OTTColin White: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 18:53OTTChris Tierney: Misconduct10 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
26Shots on goal37
3.6Expected goals3.5
48Shot attempts77
22Faceoffs won28
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes16
25Hits21
19Blocked shots16
15Giveaways17
4Takeaways13

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. bestLucic – Cave – Currie5:42

    xG 0.34–0.17 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid8:44

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins3:05

    xG 0.17–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Rieder – Cave – Currie3:18

    xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse17:21

    xG 0.81–0.54 (60%)attempts 13–23goals 0–1

  2. Sekera – Benning12:29

    xG 0.71–0.84 (46%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom16:51

    xG 0.24–1.29 (16%)attempts 6–24goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Duclair – White12:24

    xG 1.21–0.18 (87%)attempts 24–5goals 1–1

  2. Smith – Paajarvi – Pageau13:00

    xG 0.58–0.09 (87%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  3. Tierney – Batherson – Tkachuk11:04

    xG 0.57–0.52 (52%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  4. Boedker – Lindberg – Gibbons7:39

    xG 0.37–0.64 (37%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Jaros9:12

    xG 0.80–0.09 (90%)attempts 17–2goals 1–0

  2. Ceci – Harpur14:16

    xG 0.78–0.35 (69%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Chabot18:11

    xG 0.89–0.72 (55%)attempts 20–18goals 1–1

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.

OTT 3.5 xGEDM 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #686 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 53% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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