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Sat, Jan 11, 2025·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 86% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM09315110434
CHI281707322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:45CHITeuvo TeravainenAssists: Jason Dickinson, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:01CHINick FolignoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Alec Martinez · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:22EDMVasily PodkolzinAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:03CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Nolan Allan, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:49EDMAdam HenriqueAssists: Ty Emberson, Vasily Podkolzin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:30EDMCorey PerryAssists: Kasperi Kapanen · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:18EDMZach HymanPPGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 0:00CHILouis Crevier: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 0:00EDMViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 6:18CHINolan Allan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 19:07EDMAdam Henrique: High sticking2 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
34Shots on goal22
4.2Expected goals1.7
63Shot attempts45
21Faceoffs won27
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits27
13Blocked shots11
13Giveaways9
6Takeaways7

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 – McDavid14:44

    xG 1.79–0.33 (84%)attempts 18–13goals 0–2

  2. Draisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin8:48

    xG 0.68–0.08 (89%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Draisaitl – Arvidsson3:46

    xG 0.30–0.07 (81%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Janmark – Podkolzin3:55

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard16:42

    xG 1.40–0.26 (85%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Stecher13:08

    xG 1.01–0.14 (88%)attempts 20–8goals 2–0

  3. Kulak – Emberson10:08

    xG 0.54–0.17 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Reichel – Dach – Nazar7:13

    xG 0.00–0.37 (0%)attempts 0–13goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Hall – Donato10:15

    xG 0.27–0.67 (29%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Bertuzzi – Mikheyev – Bedard13:35

    xG 0.15–0.71 (18%)attempts 11–14goals 0–2

  4. Foligno – Teravainen – Dickinson12:50

    xG 0.35–1.58 (18%)attempts 10–15goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brodie – Vlasic2:41

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Crevier2:25

    xG 0.00–0.04 (3%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Vlasic2:44

    xG 0.00–0.12 (2%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CHI 1.7 xGEDM 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #361 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 86% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

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