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Mon, Apr 1, 2019·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Edmonton Oilers 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 89% of the time.

VGK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM091505119
VGK1811617331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:27VGKCody EakinAssists: Brandon Pirri, Alex Tuch · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:51VGKJonathan MarchessaultGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:01EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Zack Kassian, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:53VGKPierre-Edouard BellemareENAssists: William Karlsson, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:59VGKTomas Nosek: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 9:33EDMDarnell Nurse: Interference2 min
  3. P3 11:06EDMMilan Lucic: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 19:16VGKTomas Nosek: Interference2 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 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Karlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVGK
19Shots on goal31
1.5Expected goals4.0
44Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits23
18Blocked shots16
6Giveaways7
14Takeaways19

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. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid16:59

    xG 0.64–0.62 (50%)attempts 16–16goals 1–2

  2. Malone – Currie – Gambardella2:31

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Gambardella2:22

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Rattie – Nugent-Hopkins7:27

    xG 0.04–0.19 (16%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Nurse18:11

    xG 0.42–0.40 (51%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Klefbom17:40

    xG 0.41–1.02 (29%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

  3. Sekera – Benning12:34

    xG 0.43–1.31 (25%)attempts 10–23goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestReaves – Carpenter – Bellemare9:36

    xG 0.90–0.30 (75%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Pacioretty – Stone – Nosek10:39

    xG 0.92–0.42 (69%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault12:57

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  4. Pirri – Eakin – Tuch11:29

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Theodore16:51

    xG 1.40–0.42 (77%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Merrill – Miller14:20

    xG 0.85–0.23 (79%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Schmidt17:28

    xG 0.52–0.57 (48%)attempts 15–20goals 2–1

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.

VGK 4.0 xGEDM 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1047 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 89% of the time.

VGK winsEDM wins

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

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