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Wed, Nov 3, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 59% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH1809116233
EDM11019311530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:43EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:54NSHMatt DucheneAssists: Luke Kunin, Roman Josi · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:27EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:41EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:59EDMDevin ShoreAssists: Warren Foegele · Slap, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:59NSHRyan JohansenPPAssists: Matt Duchene, Roman Josi · Slap, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:50EDMJesse PuljujarviENAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.77 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:45NSHMikael Granlund: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:59EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:05EDMDevin Shore: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:53NSHColton Sissons: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:42EDMWarren Foegele: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 14:29EDMDerek Ryan: Holding2 min · PPG

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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← NSH attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
33Shots on goal30
3.7Expected goals4.2
56Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
33Hits29
16Blocked shots13
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways10

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Grimaldi – Tolvanen8:34

    xG 0.98–0.24 (81%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot10:59

    xG 0.85–0.68 (56%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Cousins – Novak – Tomasino8:35

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Kunin11:41

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro14:49

    xG 1.25–0.49 (72%)attempts 15–12goals 1–2

  2. Ekholm – Carrier16:04

    xG 0.60–0.72 (45%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Benning – Harpur11:49

    xG 0.42–0.57 (43%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto6:06

    xG 0.27–0.06 (83%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Kassian – Shore – Foegele5:59

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi4:23

    xG 0.21–0.06 (76%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Shore – Perlini3:30

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Barrie11:13

    xG 0.27–0.45 (37%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Ceci14:19

    xG 0.85–1.04 (45%)attempts 15–19goals 1–1

  3. Nurse – Bouchard17:20

    xG 0.61–0.85 (42%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

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 4.2 xGNSH 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #696 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 59% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

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

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