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Sat, Jan 6, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Ottawa Senators 1, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

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

EDM winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT08011111130
EDM015118213346

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:08EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Evan Bouchard, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:46EDMZach HymanGWGAssists: Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 15:02OTTParker KellyAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Erik Brannstrom · Wrist, 0.98 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:10EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:39EDMEvander Kane: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 18:40OTTJakob Chychrun: Interference2 min
  3. P2 16:29OTTArtem Zub: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:08EDMEvan Bouchard: Interference2 min
  5. P3 16:27OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTEDM
30Shots on goal46
3.9Expected goals5.7
65Shot attempts67
20Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits15
15Blocked shots17
8Giveaways10
10Takeaways6

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. bestKelly – Tkachuk – Greig5:26

    xG 1.74–0.28 (86%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk6:34

    xG 0.25–0.09 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Kubalik – Stützle4:41

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Tarasenko – Stützle6:59

    xG 0.07–0.30 (20%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Brannstrom9:44

    xG 1.64–0.90 (65%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  2. Chychrun – Sanderson14:48

    xG 0.75–0.68 (52%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zub14:08

    xG 0.64–0.59 (52%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid11:02

    xG 0.96–0.50 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Draisaitl – Foegele – McLeod10:30

    xG 0.80–0.60 (57%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Erne – Hamblin3:44

    xG 0.07–0.22 (23%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Janmark – Ryan6:05

    xG 0.04–0.40 (10%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse14:10

    xG 1.81–0.87 (68%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais11:35

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Desharnais2:04

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 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 5.7 xGOTT 3.9 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #1104 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 winsOTT wins

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

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