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Fri, Oct 18, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Detroit Red Wings 1, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 89% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0131607126
EDM01421508237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:39EDMJames NealAssists: Alex Chiasson, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:22EDMEthan BearGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:37DETMike GreenAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Madison Bowey · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:06DETJacob de la Rose: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:29EDMKris Russell: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:55DETTrevor Daley: Holding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETEDM
26Shots on goal37
1.8Expected goals4.5
51Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
15Hits24
18Blocked shots12
16Giveaways16
3Takeaways10

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Helm – Mantha – Larkin2:17

    xG 0.06–0.04 (60%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Hirose3:14

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin12:30

    xG 0.61–0.72 (46%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  4. Filppula – Glendening – Athanasiou9:05

    xG 0.41–0.63 (40%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser2:14

    xG 0.19–0.06 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Green – Nemeth15:53

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Bowey2:03

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins14:14

    xG 0.85–0.28 (75%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid15:38

    xG 1.13–0.63 (64%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  3. Archibald – Jurco – Haas5:16

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Sheahan – Khaira – Russell9:25

    xG 0.16–0.42 (28%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Klefbom18:43

    xG 1.54–0.71 (68%)attempts 23–17goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Bear17:25

    xG 0.80–0.59 (57%)attempts 21–17goals 2–1

  3. Manning – Benning11:33

    xG 0.09–0.26 (25%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

EDM 4.5 xGDET 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #929 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 89% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

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

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