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Sat, Apr 17, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 3, Winnipeg Jets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01011223325
WPG0904013026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:00EDMTyson BarriePPGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Kailer Yamamoto · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:37EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:57EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Leon Draisaitl · Deflected, 0.18 xG3–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:13EDMTyson Barrie: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 0:19WPGMason Appleton: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:56WPGAndrew Copp: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:23WPGLogan Stanley: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 10:33WPGNeal Pionk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:32EDMJujhar Khaira: Holding2 min
  7. P3 12:17WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:43EDMEthan Bear: Holding2 min
  9. P3 19:43WPGNate Thompson: 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
25Shots on goal26
3.3Expected goals2.3
54Shot attempts53
20Faceoffs won26
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
30Hits43
12Blocked shots17
12Giveaways9
9Takeaways3

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. bestYamamoto – Kahun – Haas7:35

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi14:15

    xG 0.87–0.59 (59%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  3. Kassian – Shore – Nygard7:06

    xG 0.13–0.13 (50%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Archibald – Khaira6:33

    xG 0.04–0.23 (15%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse13:12

    xG 0.84–0.39 (69%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Larsson15:07

    xG 0.79–0.36 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bear2:06

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Appleton9:32

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins5:44

    xG 0.17–0.03 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Copp – Ehlers5:54

    xG 0.21–0.14 (61%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Ehlers – Connor4:40

    xG 0.15–0.24 (39%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Poolman – Morrissey13:40

    xG 0.51–0.68 (43%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Forbort – Pionk12:30

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Stanley11:17

    xG 0.46–0.83 (36%)attempts 15–9goals 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 2.3 xGEDM 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #772 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 68% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

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

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