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Sat, Feb 17, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 4, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM073100611424
DAL063160500327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:08DALMason MarchmentPPAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:03EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:47DALThomas HarleyAssists: Matt Duchene, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:55EDMCorey PerryAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:42EDMDerek RyanSHAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:02DALMatt DuchenePPAssists: Mason Marchment, Thomas Harley · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:30EDMEvan BouchardPPGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:00DALRoope Hintz: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:22EDMBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:17DALMason Marchment: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 12:34DALRyan Suter: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:58EDMCorey Perry: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:00EDMLeon Draisaitl: Holding2 min
  7. OT 0:23DALWyatt Johnston: Hooking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00McLeod won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
24Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.0
53Shot attempts55
34Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits25
18Blocked shots14
5Giveaways11
9Takeaways11

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. bestPerry – Draisaitl – McDavid13:55

    xG 0.62–0.26 (70%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Kane – Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins12:27

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Janmark – Foegele – McLeod6:59

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Brown – Ryan4:38

    xG 0.04–0.12 (25%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard15:33

    xG 1.32–0.31 (81%)attempts 18–8goals 2–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse14:41

    xG 0.75–0.10 (89%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Desharnais13:35

    xG 0.07–0.44 (14%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Faksa – Steel8:45

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment11:18

    xG 0.32–0.25 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston9:23

    xG 0.09–0.21 (30%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson13:02

    xG 0.39–0.58 (40%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Hanley9:54

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Lindell7:21

    xG 0.31–0.44 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell7:45

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

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.

DAL 2.0 xGEDM 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #219 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 64% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

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