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Tue, Oct 17, 2023·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 6, Nashville Predators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM41121405630
NSH015119010144

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:11EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:38EDMZach HymanGWGAssists: Evan Bouchard, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:45EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Warren Foegele, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P1 17:46EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–0
  5. P2 2:08NSHTommy NovakPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P2 7:53EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.06 xG5–1
  7. P2 15:27EDMWarren FoegeleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman · Snap, 0.13 xG6–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:17NSHRoman Josi: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:23EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:06NSHCole Smith: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:06EDMAdam Erne: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 0:59EDMConnor McDavid: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 2:23EDMCody Ceci: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 6:25NSHFilip Forsberg: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 8:24NSHFilip Forsberg: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
30Shots on goal44
3.4Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
26Hits28
13Blocked shots10
14Giveaways19
11Takeaways8

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 – Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele8:55

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  2. Brown – McLeod – Holloway9:19

    xG 0.24–0.21 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Janmark – Erne – Ryan7:58

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Draisaitl – McDavid12:21

    xG 0.41–1.00 (29%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard12:38

    xG 0.89–0.46 (66%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse17:55

    xG 0.31–0.59 (34%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Broberg9:57

    xG 0.24–0.69 (26%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Forsberg – Parssinen9:59

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Glass – Tomasino7:22

    xG 0.24–0.22 (53%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Novak – Evangelista2:49

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista4:58

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLauzon – Fabbro2:57

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Fabbro13:10

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  3. McDonagh – Carrier13:38

    xG 0.93–0.94 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

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 2.8 xGEDM 3.4 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 16/100 · #1121 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 59% 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).