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Wed, Mar 10, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Ottawa Senators 1, Edmonton Oilers 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 90% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0406112122
EDM41621218736

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:52EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Tyson Barrie · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:57EDMJujhar KhairaGWGAssists: Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:08EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Mike Smith · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–3
  4. P1 13:26EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse · Slap, 0.17 xG0–4
  5. P2 7:01EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–5
  6. P2 8:03EDMJames NealAssists: Alex Chiasson · Snap, 0.06 xG0–6
  7. P3 7:35EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.19 xG0–7
  8. P3 11:11OTTEvgenii DadonovAssists: Austin Watson, Mike Reilly · Snap, 0.20 xG1–7
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:09OTTAustin Watson: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:35OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:29OTTRyan Dzingel: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:48OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:42EDMJujhar Khaira: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTEDM
22Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals5.0
45Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won34
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
49Hits23
9Blocked shots16
14Giveaways9
9Takeaways8

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNorris – Batherson – Tkachuk4:46

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Watson – Paul4:09

    xG 0.05–0.13 (26%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – White – Stützle2:22

    xG 0.09–0.18 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Paul – Norris2:32

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Reilly8:11

    xG 0.53–0.39 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Reilly – Zub4:40

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Brannstrom5:12

    xG 0.06–0.35 (15%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – McDavid – Yamamoto11:36

    xG 1.29–0.37 (78%)attempts 17–8goals 2–1

  2. Shore – Khaira – Russell11:45

    xG 0.48–0.14 (78%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Ennis – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi13:01

    xG 0.73–0.53 (58%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Chiasson – Haas10:16

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse16:15

    xG 1.93–0.59 (77%)attempts 22–11goals 3–1

  2. Larsson – Lagesson19:06

    xG 1.16–0.30 (79%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Bear13:19

    xG 0.19–0.61 (23%)attempts 5–10goals 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.

EDM 5.0 xGOTT 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #744 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.46 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 90% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

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

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