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Sun, Mar 24, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 3, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11321805336
OTT152724516

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:49EDMAdam HenriqueAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Evan Bouchard · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:37OTTJakob ChychrunPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:38EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:34EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:48OTTTim StützleAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Erik Brannstrom · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:30OTTDrake BathersonPPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:57OTTJakob ChychrunPPGWGAssists: Drake Batherson, Brady Tkachuk · Slap, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:22OTTParker KellyENAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.56 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:30EDMDerek Ryan: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:32EDMVincent Desharnais: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:54OTTErik Brannstrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:28OTTRidly Greig: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:08EDMVincent Desharnais: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:24OTTThomas Chabot: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 16:48EDMMattias Ekholm: Holding2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Pinto
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
36Shots on goal16
4.0Expected goals2.7
66Shot attempts32
29Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits26
9Blocked shots12
9Giveaways17
10Takeaways15

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 – McDavid13:32

    xG 1.24–0.29 (81%)attempts 21–5goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Brown – Ryan3:46

    xG 0.48–0.03 (94%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Draisaitl – Foegele10:28

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Perry – Carrick – Brown2:34

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard17:25

    xG 1.44–0.23 (86%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Desharnais11:12

    xG 0.68–0.07 (90%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Desharnais2:33

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Katchouk – Kastelic – Kelly6:46

    xG 0.16–0.14 (53%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. Joseph – Kelly – Greig2:13

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto13:49

    xG 0.41–0.60 (41%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Kubalik – Joseph – Greig6:23

    xG 0.05–0.58 (8%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Brannstrom14:13

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Bernard-Docker2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker13:32

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 5–9goals 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.

OTT 2.7 xGEDM 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #298 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 70% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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