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Mon, Apr 1, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 2, St. Louis Blues 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 50% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1901311303238
STL061171511329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:05EDMMattias EkholmAssists: Connor Brown, Sam Carrick · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:15STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Kevin Hayes · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:44STLBrayden SchennAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Kevin Hayes · Slap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:35EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:09STLBrandon SaadGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P2 6:37EDMEvander Kane: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:37EDMEvander Kane: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:37STLTyler Tucker: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 8:15EDMZach Hyman: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  5. P2 9:04EDMLeon Draisaitl: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:31STLJordan Binnington: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:28STLPavel Buchnevich: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 18:28EDMSam Carrick: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 19:15EDMLeon Draisaitl: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 2:48STLTyler Tucker: Cross checking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Buchnevich won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
38Shots on goal29
3.4Expected goals3.3
61Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
15Hits29
9Blocked shots15
4Giveaways8
20Takeaways12

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 – McDavid9:19

    xG 0.61–0.23 (73%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Henrique – Draisaitl7:11

    xG 0.41–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid6:01

    xG 0.74–0.59 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  4. Kane – Foegele – McLeod9:21

    xG 0.14–0.40 (26%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard16:00

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse16:03

    xG 0.62–0.47 (57%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Desharnais10:01

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Hayes – Kapanen10:14

    xG 0.88–0.12 (88%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Walker – Blais – Dean4:21

    xG 0.04–0.08 (33%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Toropchenko10:46

    xG 0.37–0.57 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Saad – Thomas – Neighbours12:27

    xG 0.37–0.87 (30%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Tucker5:39

    xG 0.47–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Krug20:54

    xG 0.49–0.95 (34%)attempts 9–24goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Parayko15:59

    xG 0.50–0.99 (33%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

STL 3.3 xGEDM 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #431 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 50% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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