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Sun, Jan 24, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 73% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM09219210438
WPG11606216338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:41WPGAdam LowryAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:21EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Connor McDavid, Jesse Puljujarvi · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:18EDMKyle TurrisAssists: Zack Kassian, James Neal · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:54WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Paul Stastny, Andrew Copp · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:07WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:55EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:59EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:13WPGBlake Wheeler: Holding2 min
  2. P2 5:45WPGDerek Forbort: Holding2 min
  3. P2 17:49EDMJames Neal: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 14:07EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 17:57WPGDylan DeMelo: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
38Shots on goal38
4.5Expected goals3.0
69Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits15
13Blocked shots20
5Giveaways11
4Takeaways2

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. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi13:35

    xG 1.66–0.32 (84%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Neal – Turris – Kassian2:57

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid2:41

    xG 0.12–0.02 (82%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Archibald – Shore3:19

    xG 0.05–0.18 (20%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear16:52

    xG 2.66–0.34 (89%)attempts 28–14goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Koekkoek12:52

    xG 0.33–1.07 (24%)attempts 7–23goals 0–1

  3. Russell – Barrie15:37

    xG 0.32–1.39 (19%)attempts 12–21goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Appleton10:30

    xG 0.72–0.06 (92%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Lewis – Harkins – Gustafsson3:45

    xG 0.09–0.05 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Copp – Ehlers12:30

    xG 0.73–0.81 (47%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:15

    xG 0.21–1.61 (12%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey15:35

    xG 0.99–0.86 (54%)attempts 22–14goals 1–1

  2. Forbort – Pionk15:37

    xG 1.18–1.26 (48%)attempts 20–22goals 0–2

  3. Forbort – Morrissey2:29

    xG 0.01–0.23 (4%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

WPG 3.0 xGEDM 4.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #45 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.72 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 73% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

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

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