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Tue, Oct 29, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0609117132
DET21301015328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:41DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Taro Hirose, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:33DETPatrik NemethGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Madison Bowey · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:48EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:18DETFilip HronekENAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.45 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:19EDMLeon Draisaitl: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:50DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:27EDMJames Neal: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:07EDMEthan Bear: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:19DETDarren Helm: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:09DETAndreas Athanasiou: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 13:09EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:35DETDylan Larkin: Hooking2 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDET
32Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals3.9
50Shot attempts45
23Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits22
8Blocked shots11
1Giveaways12
3Takeaways3

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. bestGagner – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira10:51

    xG 0.92–0.16 (85%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Jurco – Russell5:18

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Chiasson – Haas7:55

    xG 0.16–0.15 (51%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid15:06

    xG 0.32–0.75 (30%)attempts 7–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear16:23

    xG 1.21–0.96 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  2. Manning – Benning7:53

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Klefbom13:49

    xG 0.13–0.20 (40%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Athanasiou – Mantha11:13

    xG 0.85–0.29 (75%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Helm – Bertuzzi – Larkin10:48

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. de la Rose – Ehn – Smith4:42

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Erne – Hirose6:23

    xG 0.15–0.63 (19%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Hronek15:18

    xG 0.97–0.47 (67%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Green – Hicketts14:34

    xG 0.79–0.85 (48%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Green3:09

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

DET 3.9 xGEDM 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #933 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

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

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