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Thu, Apr 14, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 4, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11321316432
NSH08010012030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:56EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:36EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:29EDMDarnell NurseSHAssists: Evander Kane, Cody Ceci · Snap, 0.16 xG3–0
  4. P3 11:09EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.13 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:30NSHAlexandre Carrier: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:20NSHLuke Kunin: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:09EDMWarren Foegele: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:24NSHTanner Jeannot: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:27EDMConnor McDavid: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 9:41NSHJeremy Lauzon: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:09EDMBrett Kulak: Hooking2 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 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackNSH 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.

EDMNSH
32Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.5
51Shot attempts49
35Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
30Hits31
7Blocked shots11
3Giveaways13
10Takeaways11

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 – Puljujarvi11:26

    xG 0.80–0.51 (61%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Foegele – Ryan2:01

    xG 0.17–0.03 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Ryan – McLeod2:41

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Draisaitl – Yamamoto7:46

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Barrie3:07

    xG 0.27–0.10 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse14:19

    xG 0.72–0.61 (54%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Kulak4:07

    xG 0.12–0.03 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestKunin – Glass – Tolvanen3:51

    xG 0.37–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Tomasino2:30

    xG 0.17–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Granlund – Cousins – Jeannot2:48

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Tolvanen5:14

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro14:23

    xG 0.82–0.54 (60%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Carrier11:52

    xG 0.60–0.54 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Carrier2:32

    xG 0.10–0.28 (26%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

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.

NSH 2.5 xGEDM 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1240 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 55% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

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

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