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Thu, Oct 31, 2024·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 5, Nashville Predators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 54% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2151529529
NSH11001007127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:37EDMViktor ArvidssonAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Vasily Podkolzin · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:05NSHFilip ForsbergPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:54EDMCorey PerryGWGAssists: Drake Caggiula, Noah Philp · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:03EDMLeon DraisaitlUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:48EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:46EDMZach HymanAssists: Darnell Nurse, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:20NSHRyan O'Reilly: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 3:30EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:15EDMTy Emberson: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:15NSHCole Smith: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:44EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 18:49EDMMattias Janmark: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 4:04NSHJeremy Lauzon: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 4:04EDMVasily Podkolzin: Fighting5 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
29Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
16Penalty minutes12
20Hits30
19Blocked shots11
10Giveaways9
7Takeaways5

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 – Caggiula – Philp5:17

    xG 0.43–0.11 (80%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Skinner – Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins12:52

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

  3. Draisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin11:15

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  4. Perry – Draisaitl – Arvidsson2:18

    xG 0.06–0.17 (27%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Dermott13:58

    xG 0.57–0.30 (65%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Kulak – Nurse3:12

    xG 0.08–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Emberson13:03

    xG 0.55–0.48 (53%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault6:25

    xG 0.65–0.01 (98%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg5:44

    xG 0.48–0.09 (84%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Sissons – Novak – Evangelista3:15

    xG 0.08–0.08 (49%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  4. Nyquist – Forsberg – Parssinen4:12

    xG 0.14–0.21 (40%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Del Gaizo11:12

    xG 0.55–0.15 (78%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Skjei3:30

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Carrier2:09

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

NSH 2.2 xGEDM 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #934 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 54% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

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

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