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Wed, Apr 7, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 4, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11718210435
OTT07112111230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:18EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:25OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Thomas Chabot, Brady Tkachuk · Wrap-around, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:26EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Ethan Bear · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:02OTTConnor BrownAssists: Mike Reilly, Artem Zub · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:54EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:59EDMLeon DraisaitlENAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.59 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:44OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:37EDMEthan Bear: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:54OTTClark Bishop: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:43OTTArtem Zub: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 15:11EDMJosh Archibald: 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
35Shots on goal30
3.6Expected goals2.4
57Shot attempts57
18Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits35
15Blocked shots8
16Giveaways13
6Takeaways5

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. bestArchibald – Shore – Khaira9:19

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi15:12

    xG 0.75–0.79 (49%)attempts 17–22goals 1–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto – Kahun9:31

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  4. Turris – Chiasson – Kassian9:20

    xG 0.09–0.34 (20%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bear – Jones9:19

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Nurse18:22

    xG 0.80–0.93 (46%)attempts 20–23goals 1–1

  3. Russell – Larsson15:32

    xG 0.20–0.52 (28%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPaul – Norris – Tkachuk9:56

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Dzingel – Brown – Bishop5:54

    xG 0.26–0.12 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Tierney – Batherson – Stützle7:08

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Dadonov – Formenton6:31

    xG 0.03–0.10 (22%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Brown6:24

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zaitsev19:43

    xG 0.75–0.76 (50%)attempts 18–19goals 1–0

  3. Reilly – Zub13:56

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 16–14goals 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.

OTT 2.4 xGEDM 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #360 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 71% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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