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Wed, Oct 26, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 3, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11106211328
STL06120012138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:07EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Darnell Nurse, Warren Foegele · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:55STLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Brayden Schenn · Bat, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:44EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman · Bat, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:33EDMZach HymanENAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane · Tip-in, 0.79 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:15EDMRyan Murray: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:05STLNoel Acciari: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:39STLJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:11EDMEvander Kane: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:26EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 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 SOG0STL
49% to win51% to win
← EDM attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Thomas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
28Shots on goal38
3.3Expected goals3.3
61Shot attempts61
34Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
8Hits21
9Blocked shots21
4Giveaways5
9Takeaways14

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. bestShore – Ryan – McLeod2:17

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Foegele – Puljujarvi – McLeod7:15

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid10:45

    xG 0.77–0.71 (52%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto11:57

    xG 0.24–0.48 (34%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard8:22

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Bouchard2:57

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Ceci – Kulak4:59

    xG 0.15–0.02 (89%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas6:52

    xG 0.51–0.04 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Barbashev – Kyrou5:32

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Walker – Brown – Toropchenko2:01

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. O'Reilly – Schenn – Barbashev5:49

    xG 0.50–0.42 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko16:03

    xG 1.36–0.28 (83%)attempts 22–6goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Faulk2:03

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Mikkola9:42

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 4–17goals 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.

STL 3.3 xGEDM 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #863 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 51% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).