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Thu, Oct 10, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Edmonton Oilers 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 66% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM1511114021422
NJD1711219030331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:14NJDKyle PalmieriUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:17EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Darnell Nurse, Zack Kassian · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:12NJDNikita GusevAssists: Jesper Bratt, Connor Carrick · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:32EDMJames NealPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:35NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Taylor Hall, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:54EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.44 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Nikita Gusev stopped
  2. 2. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  3. 3. NJD Jack Hughes stopped
  4. 4. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  5. 5. NJD Taylor Hall stopped
  6. 6. EDM Leon Draisaitl scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:24EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:59NJDPavel Zacha: Interference2 min
  3. P2 15:35EDMTomas Jurco: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:21NJDMiles Wood: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 18:44NJDBlake Coleman: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Sheahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNJD
22Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.4
41Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits31
14Blocked shots12
6Giveaways6
13Takeaways10

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. bestGranlund – Nygard – Haas6:20

    xG 0.09–0.01 (87%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid17:11

    xG 0.61–0.57 (52%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  3. Sheahan – Khaira – Russell10:17

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Jurco – Nugent-Hopkins11:32

    xG 0.10–0.59 (15%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Klefbom – Persson14:10

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Benning12:32

    xG 0.13–0.50 (21%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bear20:01

    xG 0.37–0.86 (30%)attempts 10–16goals 1–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Zacha – Hughes11:23

    xG 0.72–0.21 (78%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier14:34

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  3. Zajac – Coleman – Wood13:04

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Gusev – Rooney – Bratt6:41

    xG 0.03–0.15 (17%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarrick – Mueller9:53

    xG 1.33–0.27 (83%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Subban – Severson15:44

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Carrick – Butcher2:11

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

NJD 3.4 xGEDM 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #147 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 66% of the time.

NJD winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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