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Sun, Dec 22, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Ottawa Senators 1, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 81% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT061708121
EDM1711014321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:26EDMViktor ArvidssonAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:25OTTNick CousinsUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:05EDMZach HymanPPGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:38EDMAdam HenriqueAssists: Mattias Janmark, Connor Brown · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:50OTTJake Sanderson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 8:03OTTNick Cousins: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:03EDMZach Hyman: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:00OTTCole Reinhardt: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:37EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 12:54OTTBrady Tkachuk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:25OTTRidly Greig: High sticking double minor4 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pinto won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTEDM
21Shots on goal21
1.7Expected goals3.5
61Shot attempts40
29Faceoffs won19
1Power plays5
12Penalty minutes4
16Hits11
6Blocked shots24
13Giveaways18
5Takeaways7

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle10:03

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Norris – Batherson – Reinhardt3:39

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Greig3:07

    xG 0.05–0.24 (17%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Pinto – Greig7:22

    xG 0.09–0.35 (21%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Chabot13:37

    xG 0.39–0.15 (73%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Chabot – Sanderson3:41

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Bernard-Docker – Kleven9:10

    xG 0.11–0.31 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Arvidsson – McDavid10:39

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

  2. Perry – Skinner – Ryan7:28

    xG 0.43–0.15 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Brown – Janmark5:50

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  4. Draisaitl – Kapanen – Podkolzin10:15

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard12:48

    xG 0.72–0.12 (86%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  2. Nurse – Stecher7:02

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Stecher – Emberson3:56

    xG 0.12–0.03 (78%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

EDM 3.5 xGOTT 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #1050 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 81% of the time.

EDM winsOTT wins

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

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