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Sat, Apr 1, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 0, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 81% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01709010036
EDM110324211645

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:56EDMZach HymanGWGAssists: Mattias Ekholm · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:03EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Evander Kane · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:05EDMDarnell NurseUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 11:44EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:25EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Evan Bouchard, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–5
  6. P3 15:01EDMLeon DraisaitlSHAssists: Mattias Ekholm · Snap, 0.12 xG0–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:05ANAFrank Vatrano: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:05ANAFrank Vatrano: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:05EDMEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:45ANAFrank Vatrano: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:18EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:47EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  7. P3 13:41EDMWarren Foegele: Interference2 min
  8. P3 19:34ANAMason McTavish: Cross checking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
36Shots on goal45
3.0Expected goals5.3
49Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits16
10Blocked shots9
11Giveaways18
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrant – McGinn – Megna7:26

    xG 0.65–0.26 (72%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Silfverberg – Lundeström – Nesterenko8:03

    xG 0.39–0.12 (76%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – Zegras12:11

    xG 1.23–1.31 (48%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  4. Jones – Comtois – McTavish6:58

    xG 0.18–0.69 (21%)attempts 4–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Benoit14:53

    xG 1.26–1.02 (55%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  2. Harrington – Benoit2:57

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Harrington15:34

    xG 0.51–0.65 (44%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto11:36

    xG 1.46–0.91 (62%)attempts 21–10goals 2–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid2:19

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid10:16

    xG 0.66–0.45 (60%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Shore – Ryan – Kostin8:30

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard13:20

    xG 1.12–0.50 (69%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse15:20

    xG 1.43–1.33 (52%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  3. Nurse – Desharnais2:00

    xG 0.17–0.09 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

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 5.3 xGANA 3.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1293 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 81% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).