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Sat, Nov 19, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK1911311200334
EDM110171511423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:56EDMWarren FoegeleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan Murray · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:22VGKKeegan KolesarAssists: Shea Theodore, Brett Howden · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:09VGKMark StoneUnassisted · Snap, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:29EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:38EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Slap, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:33VGKMark StoneAssists: Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel · Snap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:17EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.37 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:04EDMDylan Holloway: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:15EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:03VGKWilliam Carrier: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:09EDMRyan Murray: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P2 6:39EDMEvan Bouchard: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 12:24VGKKeegan Kolesar: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:01VGKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min · PPG

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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
49% to win51% to win
← VGK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Howden won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKEDM
34Shots on goal23
3.5Expected goals3.5
59Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits31
13Blocked shots16
11Giveaways24
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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Stephenson – Eichel9:34

    xG 0.90–0.18 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 1–1

  2. Carrier – Kolesar – Howden10:26

    xG 0.50–0.55 (48%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault11:27

    xG 0.42–0.63 (40%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Kessel – Amadio – Cotter6:59

    xG 0.10–0.98 (9%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Pietrangelo13:48

    xG 0.60–0.39 (60%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Hague – Whitecloud13:22

    xG 0.80–0.60 (57%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Whitecloud2:00

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Janmark – McDavid13:06

    xG 1.13–0.67 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Puljujarvi – Kostin – McLeod7:38

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Foegele12:46

    xG 0.43–0.61 (41%)attempts 6–16goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse13:48

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Bouchard12:05

    xG 0.71–0.53 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bouchard2:03

    xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

EDM 3.5 xGVGK 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #210 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50EDM 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, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsVGK wins

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

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