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Mon, Apr 5, 2021·Centre Bell, Montreal

Edmonton Oilers 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 60% of the time.

MTL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM151140301223
MTL015072713332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:39EDMDevin ShoreAssists: Jujhar Khaira · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:49EDMDarnell NursePPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Jesse Puljujarvi · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:45MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Corey Perry, Nick Suzuki · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:23MTLTomas TatarAssists: Paul Byron · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:02MTLEric StaalGWGAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 7:48MTLCorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 12:41EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Holding2 min
  3. P2 12:53MTLEric Staal: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:53MTLJoel Edmundson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:54EDMJujhar Khaira: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 14:31MTLTyler Toffoli: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMMTL
23Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals3.4
42Shot attempts56
18Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
28Hits28
14Blocked shots9
15Giveaways12
7Takeaways11

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. bestDraisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun11:56

    xG 0.70–0.45 (61%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Shore – Khaira2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi14:16

    xG 0.50–0.82 (38%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Archibald – Haas3:58

    xG 0.00–0.41 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse2:00

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Bear – Jones10:55

    xG 0.95–0.90 (51%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Nurse16:15

    xG 0.57–1.11 (34%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Tatar – Danault2:27

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault3:21

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Anderson – Suzuki10:01

    xG 0.65–0.31 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Staal – Toffoli – Drouin11:09

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 15–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMete – Romanov12:36

    xG 0.94–0.11 (90%)attempts 17–3goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Kulak18:25

    xG 0.67–0.26 (72%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Edmundson15:38

    xG 1.00–0.64 (61%)attempts 15–13goals 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.

MTL 3.4 xGEDM 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #187 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 60% of the time.

MTL winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
+6
+7

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