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Tue, Nov 9, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 88% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM09111113233
DET116213110439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:03DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Sam Gagner · Slap, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:43DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:09DETDylan LarkinGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:25EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Slater Koekkoek · Snap, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:38EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:54DETMoritz SeiderENAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.76 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 3:58EDMCody Ceci: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 8:43DETFilip Hronek: Interference2 min
  3. P2 14:56DETMichael Rasmussen: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:19EDMDarnell Nurse: Boarding2 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDET
33Shots on goal39
3.3Expected goals6.6
58Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
10Hits15
8Blocked shots17
6Giveaways15
1Takeaways4

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. bestHyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi7:43

    xG 0.45–0.23 (66%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Sceviour – Perlini – McLeod2:37

    xG 0.08–0.05 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Foegele – Ryan4:15

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Perlini – Foegele – McLeod2:10

    xG 0.04–0.16 (20%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard18:41

    xG 1.53–1.27 (55%)attempts 27–13goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Barrie2:16

    xG 0.09–0.13 (41%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Ceci16:28

    xG 0.28–0.71 (28%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFabbri – Suter – Zadina10:32

    xG 1.17–0.32 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Namestnikov – Stephens4:26

    xG 0.46–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Stephens – Smith2:35

    xG 0.45–0.01 (97%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Erne – Smith – Rasmussen2:33

    xG 0.25–0.05 (84%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Hronek18:58

    xG 1.95–0.57 (77%)attempts 20–15goals 1–1

  2. DeKeyser – Seider14:29

    xG 1.66–0.55 (75%)attempts 17–9goals 2–1

  3. Staal – Lindstrom13:46

    xG 0.82–0.39 (68%)attempts 12–14goals 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.

DET 6.6 xGEDM 3.3 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #551 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 88% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

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

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