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Mon, Dec 19, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 3, Nashville Predators 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1101131703333
NSH1142901111435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:35NSHMattias EkholmAssists: Tommy Novak · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:42EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Darnell Nurse, Jack Campbell · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:57NSHJordan GrossAssists: Yakov Trenin, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:22EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.29 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:02NSHMatt DuchenePPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Cody Glass · Snap, 0.35 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:51EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:12NSHAlexandre CarrierGWGAssists: Cody Glass, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:34NSHCole Smith: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:30NSHFilip Forsberg: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:59EDMCody Ceci: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:25EDMKlim Kostin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 1:19NSHRyan Johansen: High sticking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
49% to win51% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glass won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
33Shots on goal35
3.8Expected goals3.3
57Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits20
9Blocked shots15
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways11

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 – McDavid14:28

    xG 1.35–0.77 (64%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Foegele – Puljujarvi – Holloway8:53

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Janmark – Yamamoto12:44

    xG 0.39–0.63 (38%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Shore – Ryan – Kostin7:10

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Kulak12:32

    xG 0.76–0.56 (58%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  2. Nurse – Niemelainen2:11

    xG 0.24–0.06 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bouchard2:11

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Forsberg – Novak9:27

    xG 0.72–0.29 (71%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Johansen – Trenin8:55

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Sissons – Parssinen – Smith9:41

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Jeannot – Glass8:09

    xG 0.19–0.72 (21%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Gross16:34

    xG 0.85–0.36 (70%)attempts 22–10goals 1–1

  2. Lauzon – Fabbro11:15

    xG 0.23–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Fabbro3:36

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

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.

NSH 3.3 xGEDM 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 77/100 · #369 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 58% 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).