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Thu, Jan 27, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 82% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH1911007040230
EDM113117013031346

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:07NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Alexandre Carrier, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:28EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:32NSHMatt DucheneAssists: Filip Forsberg, Matt Benning · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:48EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Devin Shore, Derek Ryan · Tip-in, 0.01 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  2. 2. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  3. 3. EDM Connor McDavid scored
  4. 4. NSH Matt Duchene stopped
  5. 5. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  6. 6. NSH Roman Josi stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:49EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:50EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 12:29NSHMattias Ekholm: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 0:25EDMEvan Bouchard: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 6:23NSHRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  6. OT 4:56NSHMatt Luff: Too many men on the ice2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
30Shots on goal46
2.7Expected goals5.1
52Shot attempts87
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
45Hits29
23Blocked shots16
9Giveaways7
5Takeaways7

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. Johansen – Cousins – Kunin9:40

    xG 0.68–0.70 (49%)attempts 6–20goals 0–1

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot14:26

    xG 0.73–0.82 (47%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. McCarron – Luff – Tomasino7:15

    xG 0.01–0.30 (3%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg11:29

    xG 0.42–0.72 (37%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Borowiecki – Tennyson9:21

    xG 0.46–0.47 (50%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Benning15:22

    xG 1.03–1.10 (48%)attempts 18–20goals 1–2

  3. Ekholm – Carrier16:30

    xG 0.42–0.63 (40%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Hyman – McLeod9:08

    xG 0.66–0.57 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi2:04

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Shore – Ryan5:25

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Yamamoto12:36

    xG 0.49–0.48 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard17:32

    xG 1.04–0.93 (53%)attempts 28–21goals 1–1

  2. Ceci – Nurse2:09

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Ceci16:04

    xG 0.60–0.64 (49%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

EDM 5.1 xGNSH 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #746 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 82% 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).