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Tue, Dec 3, 2024·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Edmonton Oilers 0, Vegas Golden Knights 1

Expected result

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

VGK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0309016028
VGK150902116

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:47VGKIvan BarbashevGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1

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 SOG0VGK
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eichel won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVGK
28Shots on goal16
2.4Expected goals1.3
66Shot attempts44
30Faceoffs won21
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
12Hits6
16Blocked shots22
14Giveaways19
8Takeaways6

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. bestHenrique – Skinner – Janmark11:38

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Draisaitl – McDavid3:13

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Draisaitl – Kapanen – McDavid4:19

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Brown – Podkolzin3:01

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Emberson2:36

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Emberson7:44

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Nurse7:52

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. Karlsson – Olofsson – Howden13:11

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev17:13

    xG 0.58–0.70 (45%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Pearson – Schwindt – Holtz6:22

    xG 0.02–0.15 (10%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Kolesar – Roy10:43

    xG 0.29–0.55 (35%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Theodore18:50

    xG 0.88–0.36 (71%)attempts 15–22goals 0–0

  2. Pietrangelo – Hanifin18:45

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Hague – Korczak13:43

    xG 0.02–0.71 (2%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

VGK 1.3 xGEDM 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 0/100 · #1312 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.44 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +12 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.

VGK winsEDM wins

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

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