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Wed, Jan 11, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Edmonton Oilers 6, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 86% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM417220016653
ANA180916223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:24EDMDylan HollowayAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:38EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Philip Broberg, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:52ANASam CarrickAssists: Maxime Comtois · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:23EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P1 19:02EDMKlim KostinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P2 7:41EDMKlim KostinAssists: Mattias Janmark, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Slap, 0.11 xG5–1
  7. P2 18:44EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Evan Bouchard · Between legs, 0.11 xG6–1
  8. P3 0:48ANASimon BenoitAssists: Brett Leason, Maxime Comtois · Slap, 0.04 xG6–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:50EDMVincent Desharnais: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:35ANAMason McTavish: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 10:16EDMConnor McDavid: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 18:38ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:07ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 17:53EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Interference2 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 SOG0ANA
49% to win51% to win
← EDM attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMANA
53Shots on goal23
4.8Expected goals2.0
81Shot attempts43
34Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits23
8Blocked shots16
5Giveaways5
8Takeaways6

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 – McDavid2:09

    xG 0.62–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. McDavid – Yamamoto – Holloway8:05

    xG 0.76–0.17 (81%)attempts 12–7goals 2–1

  3. Hyman – Draisaitl – McLeod6:38

    xG 0.62–0.24 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Janmark – Kostin9:16

    xG 0.55–0.34 (61%)attempts 11–5goals 3–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouchard – Broberg7:04

    xG 0.70–0.13 (84%)attempts 11–1goals 1–1

  2. Desharnais – Broberg3:49

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Desharnais5:30

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Carrick – Comtois – Leason2:58

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Terry – McTavish8:33

    xG 0.38–0.61 (38%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Carrick – Comtois9:27

    xG 0.42–0.69 (38%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

  4. Megna – Jones – Leason9:28

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Klingberg2:18

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Vaakanainen12:24

    xG 0.67–0.79 (46%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Benoit14:26

    xG 0.25–1.25 (17%)attempts 5–22goals 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.

ANA 2.0 xGEDM 4.8 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #842 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 86% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

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

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