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Mon, Jan 31, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 2, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM11101311203239
OTT191100814331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:32OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:17EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Evan Bouchard, Kailer Yamamoto · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:09OTTNick PaulPPAssists: Zachary Sanford, Erik Brannstrom · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:46EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Derek Ryan, Zach Hyman · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:22OTTTim StützleGWGAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Thomas Chabot · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:33EDMWarren Foegele: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:55OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 5:22OTTErik Brannstrom: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:33EDMEvan Bouchard: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:42OTTAustin Watson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:03OTTTim Stützle: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 10:03EDMWilliam Lagesson: Fighting5 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
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
39Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
35Hits41
13Blocked shots15
7Giveaways12
6Takeaways9

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. bestKane – McDavid – Yamamoto12:13

    xG 0.90–0.64 (58%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0

  2. Shore – Ryan – McLeod4:41

    xG 0.27–0.12 (70%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Ryan3:08

    xG 0.17–0.05 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Draisaitl – Puljujarvi – McLeod3:42

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Ceci16:53

    xG 0.65–0.43 (61%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Bouchard18:31

    xG 1.09–0.88 (55%)attempts 21–20goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Lagesson8:12

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudette – Tkachuk – Stützle2:04

    xG 0.43–0.08 (84%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Gaudette – Formenton5:40

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  3. Tkachuk – Sokolov – Stützle2:37

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  4. Bishop – Kastelic – Sokolov3:31

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Zub14:40

    xG 0.79–0.67 (54%)attempts 23–16goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Brannstrom9:34

    xG 0.14–0.26 (35%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Brannstrom9:11

    xG 0.55–0.72 (43%)attempts 7–11goals 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.

OTT 3.0 xGEDM 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 · #635 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 61% 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).