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Tue, Jan 14, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH21201208232
EDM21311019432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:01EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:42NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:41NSHColin BlackwellAssists: Nick Bonino, Yannick Weber · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:42EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Alex Chiasson, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.42 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:09EDMJosh ArchibaldGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:11EDMLeon DraisaitlENAssists: Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.67 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:01EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:51NSHYannick Weber: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:52NSHMikael Granlund: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 18:13EDMJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 8:26EDMKailer Yamamoto: Interference2 min
  6. P3 11:42NSHRocco Grimaldi: Interference2 min
  7. P3 18:37NSHCalle Jarnkrok: Too many men on the ice2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
32Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals4.7
61Shot attempts63
37Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits24
18Blocked shots15
8Giveaways9
8Takeaways9

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Granlund – Forsberg9:02

    xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson10:01

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Turris – Blackwell – Trenin11:11

    xG 0.22–0.36 (37%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi7:33

    xG 0.40–1.12 (26%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Fabbro14:03

    xG 0.82–0.62 (57%)attempts 14–19goals 0–2

  2. Hamhuis – Carrier8:57

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ekholm2:15

    xG 0.12–0.24 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSheahan – Russell – Nygard8:13

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Archibald – McDavid9:22

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto10:51

    xG 0.36–0.47 (43%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  4. Gagner – Chiasson – Haas6:24

    xG 0.13–0.28 (32%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:33

    xG 0.90–0.48 (65%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Bear17:09

    xG 0.77–0.83 (48%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

  3. Russell – Jones9:40

    xG 0.34–0.60 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

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 4.7 xGNSH 2.8 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #617 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 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 76% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

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

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