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Sat, Feb 8, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH11019010229
EDM07116213336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:17NSHCraig SmithAssists: Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:06NSHNick BoninoAssists: Dan Hamhuis · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:51EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Deflected, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:42EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kailer Yamamoto · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:02EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oscar Klefbom · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:33EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:17NSHCraig Smith: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:33EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:38NSHDante Fabbro: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:00EDMSam Gagner: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 11:13EDMConnor McDavid: Holding2 min
  7. P3 11:13NSHMikael Granlund: Embellishment2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:45NSHJarred Tinordi: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:46NSHMikael Granlund: Tripping2 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.

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 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
29Shots on goal36
3.6Expected goals3.4
66Shot attempts60
21Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits26
14Blocked shots22
12Giveaways20
7Takeaways12

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 – Johansen – Granlund12:17

    xG 1.45–0.70 (67%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi7:52

    xG 0.49–0.36 (57%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Blackwell – Sissons – Trenin6:03

    xG 0.01–0.01 (45%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Forsberg – Arvidsson11:42

    xG 0.20–0.82 (20%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Tinordi14:33

    xG 1.34–0.88 (60%)attempts 16–20goals 0–1

  2. Hamhuis – Weber7:25

    xG 0.61–0.47 (57%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Josi – Fabbro18:26

    xG 0.54–0.70 (44%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto13:13

    xG 1.10–0.32 (78%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Kassian – Benson – Haas4:29

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira9:26

    xG 0.28–0.26 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Chiasson – McDavid9:29

    xG 0.37–1.47 (20%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom14:16

    xG 0.65–0.42 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Benning – Jones9:04

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bear16:51

    xG 0.96–1.54 (38%)attempts 19–24goals 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 3.4 xGNSH 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #378 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% 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).