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Wed, Oct 30, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Edmonton Oilers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 83% of the time.

CBJ winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM29210012431
CBJ0511207124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:11EDMJames NealPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:02EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:20EDMJujhar KhairaAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sam Gagner · Deflected, 0.24 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:56EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Zack Kassian · Snap, 0.23 xG4–0
  5. P2 6:55CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Slap, 0.10 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:12CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:28CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:59CBJSonny Milano: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:06EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:52EDMZack Kassian: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 16:05EDMEthan Bear: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:39CBJSonny Milano: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 14:45CBJSonny Milano: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCBJ
31Shots on goal24
3.8Expected goals1.8
65Shot attempts45
20Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
14Hits18
13Blocked shots20
3Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

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 – McDavid – Russell3:30

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid10:25

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira8:34

    xG 0.70–0.61 (53%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  4. Sheahan – Granlund – Russell3:17

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Benning12:48

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Bear14:26

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Klefbom – Persson15:34

    xG 0.88–0.73 (55%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Atkinson – Dubois7:57

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Atkinson – Wennberg2:17

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg7:03

    xG 0.36–0.54 (40%)attempts 7–8goals 0–2

  4. Nash – Bemstrom – Lilja6:47

    xG 0.01–0.22 (5%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski15:33

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Kukan – Gavrikov9:34

    xG 0.33–0.52 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Nutivaara13:30

    xG 0.57–0.84 (41%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

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.

CBJ 1.8 xGEDM 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #935 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 83% of the time.

CBJ winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).