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Wed, Dec 6, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01609114139
EDM411110113634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:28EDMRyan McLeodAssists: Warren Foegele, Mattias Janmark · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 0:41EDMMattias EkholmGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P1 5:46EDMZach HymanAssists: Mattias Janmark, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–3
  4. P1 14:03EDMZach HymanAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.27 xG0–4
  5. P2 2:49EDMWarren FoegeleAssists: Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–5
  6. P3 7:05CARJordan StaalAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.23 xG1–5
  7. P3 9:35EDMZach HymanAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 16:53EDMZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 11:58EDMVincent Desharnais: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 13:04CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Holding2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McLeod won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAREDM
39Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals5.2
72Shot attempts51
32Faceoffs won36
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
25Hits21
7Blocked shots17
7Giveaways16
13Takeaways23

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Martinook – Jarvis3:09

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Noesen – Drury3:58

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Necas4:13

    xG 0.38–0.51 (43%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Fast – Martinook2:51

    xG 0.11–0.26 (31%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Burns – Slavin15:26

    xG 1.07–1.71 (39%)attempts 24–17goals 1–2

  2. Skjei – Pesce16:40

    xG 0.31–1.32 (19%)attempts 13–15goals 0–3

  3. Orlov – Chatfield16:40

    xG 0.75–1.91 (28%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid13:44

    xG 1.72–0.34 (84%)attempts 16–15goals 3–0

  2. Gagner – Ryan – Hamblin8:39

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Janmark – Foegele – McLeod9:41

    xG 0.44–0.21 (67%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Brown – Draisaitl12:57

    xG 0.79–1.13 (41%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Desharnais15:35

    xG 2.35–0.43 (84%)attempts 18–15goals 2–0

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard18:17

    xG 1.47–0.39 (79%)attempts 17–15goals 2–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse15:12

    xG 1.12–1.22 (48%)attempts 12–25goals 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 5.2 xGCAR 3.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1168 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.47 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 76% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

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

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