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Sat, Mar 16, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Edmonton Oilers 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM141120712325
ARI1111120700230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38EDMConnor McDavidSHAssists: Alex Chiasson, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:24ARIAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:52EDMMatt BenningAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:04ARIAlex GalchenyukAssists: Nick Cousins, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:58EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:44EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 6:34ARIChristian Dvorak: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:52EDMZack Kassian: Charging2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:40EDMZack Kassian: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:02ARIAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min
  6. P2 16:40EDMColby Cave: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 10:54ARIRichard Panik: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 13:17EDMMilan Lucic: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Kempe
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMARI
25Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts51
29Faceoffs won28
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
30Hits25
7Blocked shots13
8Giveaways11
2Takeaways11

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. bestCave – Currie – Gambardella5:40

    xG 0.29–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Kassian – McDavid8:00

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Rieder – Draisaitl9:27

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid4:28

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse16:37

    xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Benning9:24

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  3. Larsson – Klefbom14:15

    xG 0.45–0.68 (40%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Galchenyuk – Garland8:12

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse7:30

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza11:59

    xG 0.37–0.35 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Panik – Dvorak – Keller8:40

    xG 0.09–0.40 (18%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson13:14

    xG 0.76–0.41 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Oesterle3:53

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Chychrun3:47

    xG 0.02–0.02 (59%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

ARI 2.5 xGEDM 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #553 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

ARI winsEDM wins

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

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