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Tue, Mar 14, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Ottawa Senators 3, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 77% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2909114332
EDM26316111633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:20EDMDerek RyanAssists: Ryan McLeod, Devin Shore · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:48OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Jake Sanderson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:34EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Warren Foegele, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:53OTTTim StützleSHAssists: Dylan Gambrell, Travis Hamonic · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:39EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:17EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Warren Foegele · Snap, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:59EDMNick BjugstadAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Klim Kostin · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–5
  8. P3 5:28OTTTim StützleAssists: Drake Batherson, Patrick Brown · Snap, 0.12 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:47EDMConnor McDavidENAssists: Evander Kane, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.73 xG3–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:42EDMNick Bjugstad: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:33OTTArtem Zub: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:05OTTPatrick Brown: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 1:54EDMCody Ceci: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:00OTTClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:46EDMRyan McLeod: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:49EDMEvan Bouchard: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 12:32EDMConnor McDavid: Slashing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTEDM
32Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals4.4
45Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won38
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
19Hits23
16Blocked shots7
10Giveaways8
7Takeaways13

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBatherson – Tkachuk – Stützle11:56

    xG 0.61–0.55 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Watson – Gauthier – Kastelic2:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – DeBrincat – Pinto8:12

    xG 0.31–0.58 (35%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Watson – Brown – Gambrell2:29

    xG 0.01–0.37 (3%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Holden – Brannstrom8:36

    xG 0.14–0.29 (32%)attempts 3–9goals 0–2

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson12:53

    xG 0.60–1.04 (37%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  3. Chychrun – Zub15:32

    xG 0.40–1.05 (27%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – McDavid – Yamamoto8:58

    xG 0.78–0.14 (85%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Foegele8:35

    xG 0.56–0.04 (94%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  3. Bjugstad – Janmark – Kostin3:25

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Shore – Ryan – McLeod5:39

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Desharnais11:49

    xG 0.65–0.17 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 1–1

  2. Ceci – Nurse14:50

    xG 0.83–0.35 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard13:37

    xG 0.91–0.51 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

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.

EDM 4.4 xGOTT 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #339 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 77% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

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

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