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Sat, Jan 27, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Nashville Predators 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 64% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0709113129
EDM191626421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:55EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:39EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:12EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:25NSHColton SissonsAssists: Luke Evangelista, Cole Smith · Bat, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:41EDMZach HymanENAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.75 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:38NSHJeremy Lauzon: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:54EDMZach Hyman: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 16:42NSHFilip Forsberg: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:01EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:12NSHJeremy Lauzon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:20EDMDarnell Nurse: Hooking2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← NSH attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHEDM
29Shots on goal21
4.4Expected goals3.5
68Shot attempts49
30Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits30
13Blocked shots17
4Giveaways6
9Takeaways13

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg12:36

    xG 1.29–0.27 (83%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Novak – Glass – Sherwood2:23

    xG 0.22–0.03 (89%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sissons – Gurianov – Trenin6:47

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. McCarron – Trenin – Smith2:46

    xG 0.10–0.03 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Schenn7:57

    xG 0.88–0.04 (96%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Fabbro13:11

    xG 1.10–0.96 (53%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Lauzon – Carrier11:32

    xG 0.49–0.37 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – McLeod – Holloway9:17

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid13:29

    xG 0.82–0.63 (57%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Janmark – Ryan4:44

    xG 0.05–0.18 (21%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele8:19

    xG 0.04–1.06 (4%)attempts 3–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard15:01

    xG 1.11–0.91 (55%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  2. Kulak – Desharnais14:53

    xG 0.21–1.07 (16%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse16:27

    xG 0.78–1.70 (31%)attempts 14–26goals 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 3.5 xGNSH 4.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1038 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 64% of the time.

EDM winsNSH wins

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

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