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Fri, Nov 29, 2024·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Edmonton Oilers 4, Utah Hockey Club 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 55% of the time.

UTA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM053701713432
UTA2120101900331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:17UTAAlexander KerfootAssists: Kevin Stenlund · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:15UTALogan CooleyAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Robert Bortuzzo · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:44EDMVasily PodkolzinAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Troy Stecher · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:01EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:22EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Evan Bouchard, Corey Perry · Snap, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:42UTALawson CrouseAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Olli Maatta · Snap, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:18EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.18 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 10:28EDMTy Emberson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:59UTAOlli Maatta: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:29UTARobert Bortuzzo: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 16:35UTAMikhail Sergachev: Interference2 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 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMUTA
32Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won28
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
8Hits16
7Blocked shots23
12Giveaways16
12Takeaways8

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. Perry – Ryan – Caggiula4:01

    xG 0.12–0.10 (53%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Kapanen – McDavid12:13

    xG 0.47–0.48 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  3. Brown – Draisaitl – Podkolzin11:10

    xG 0.36–0.68 (34%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  4. Henrique – Skinner – Janmark9:06

    xG 0.28–0.93 (23%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Stecher12:36

    xG 0.99–0.19 (84%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Nurse6:25

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard16:03

    xG 0.50–0.74 (41%)attempts 15–8goals 0–2

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Keller – Hayton14:28

    xG 1.26–0.07 (95%)attempts 21–5goals 0–0

  2. McBain – Guenther – Cooley9:45

    xG 0.81–0.23 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli10:53

    xG 0.39–0.52 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Kerfoot – Stenlund – Carcone9:05

    xG 0.41–0.61 (40%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Kesselring13:41

    xG 1.12–0.42 (73%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Välimäki7:34

    xG 0.48–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Sergachev – Kesselring2:41

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)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.

UTA 3.2 xGEDM 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTAEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #186 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 55% of the time.

UTA winsEDM wins

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

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