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Tue, Dec 13, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 6, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM314211112637
NSH17211014332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:15NSHCody GlassAssists: Roman Josi, Colton Sissons · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:19EDMZach HymanAssists: Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:50EDMZach HymanAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:55EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 3:22NSHRyan JohansenAssists: Filip Forsberg, Mark Jankowski · Snap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P2 4:19EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P2 9:53NSHDante FabbroAssists: Yakov Trenin, Roman Josi · Snap, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P2 18:55EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.13 xG5–3
  9. P3 17:23EDMZach HymanENAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Cody Ceci · Poke, 0.73 xG6–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:52EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:58NSHTanner Jeannot: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:06EDMDylan Holloway: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:55EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:12EDMDerek Ryan: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:35NSHRoland McKeown: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:49EDMBrad Malone: High sticking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Parssinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
37Shots on goal32
3.8Expected goals3.4
60Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
23Hits31
15Blocked shots11
4Giveaways11
9Takeaways7

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. bestHyman – Draisaitl – McDavid11:21

    xG 1.01–0.49 (67%)attempts 20–13goals 3–1

  2. Malone – Puljujarvi – Holloway3:54

    xG 0.09–0.09 (48%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Janmark – Yamamoto10:43

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. Shore – Ryan – Kostin5:33

    xG 0.21–0.45 (31%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse16:45

    xG 0.67–0.35 (66%)attempts 18–11goals 1–1

  2. Bouchard – Broberg9:18

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Kulak – Bouchard2:42

    xG 0.07–0.19 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–2

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Sissons – Glass2:46

    xG 0.25–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Niederreiter – Trenin – Glass5:26

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Jankowski – Smith5:13

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Sissons – Jeannot – Parssinen5:45

    xG 0.07–0.23 (23%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro2:02

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Ekholm – Fabbro13:28

    xG 0.52–0.65 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  3. Josi – Gross14:05

    xG 0.53–0.71 (43%)attempts 19–16goals 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.

NSH 3.4 xGEDM 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 79/100 · #331 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 57% 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).