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Mon, Mar 9, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 90% of the time.

EDM winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK11501511612348
EDM130111901224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:00EDMAlex ChiassonAssists: James Neal, Oscar Klefbom · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:58VGKNicolas RoyPPAssists: Nate Schmidt, Alec Martinez · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:46EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:57VGKJonathan MarchessaultAssists: Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:13VGKShea TheodoreGWGAssists: Jonathan Marchessault · Slap, 0.18 xG3–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 15:02EDMOscar Klefbom: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 7:18EDMAlex Chiasson: 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKEDM
48Shots on goal24
5.5Expected goals2.2
76Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won34
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
37Hits46
15Blocked shots17
14Giveaways16
6Takeaways12

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestPacioretty – Karlsson – Roy15:03

    xG 1.19–0.22 (84%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Smith – Marchessault12:28

    xG 1.23–0.46 (73%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Pirri – Cousins – Carrier8:19

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  4. Reaves – Carrier – Nosek2:43

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Theodore17:03

    xG 1.90–0.78 (71%)attempts 25–21goals 1–2

  2. McNabb – Schmidt17:07

    xG 0.87–0.43 (67%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Whitecloud11:19

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEnnis – Kassian – Haas11:28

    xG 0.37–0.20 (65%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Archibald – Athanasiou9:10

    xG 0.23–0.71 (24%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto17:24

    xG 0.71–1.28 (36%)attempts 18–24goals 1–0

  4. Neal – Chiasson – Khaira10:02

    xG 0.36–1.03 (26%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Benning14:18

    xG 0.70–0.78 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Klefbom – Bear2:06

    xG 0.05–0.19 (21%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom17:51

    xG 0.52–1.35 (28%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

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.

EDM 2.2 xGVGK 5.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #599 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 90% of the time.

EDM winsVGK wins

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

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