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Sat, Mar 1, 2025·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Edmonton Oilers 3, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM17114110331
CAR08012116136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:08EDMAdam HenriqueSHAssists: Mattias Janmark · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:29EDMCorey PerryGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:26CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:59EDMEvan BouchardENAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.73 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:22CARDmitry Orlov: Holding2 min
  2. P1 3:31EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:59EDMMattias Janmark: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 14:13EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 2:59EDMJohn Klingberg: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:26CARMikko Rantanen: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCAR
31Shots on goal36
5.9Expected goals4.6
61Shot attempts68
29Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
12Hits14
15Blocked shots14
24Giveaways20
4Takeaways7

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 – Draisaitl – McDavid3:51

    xG 0.54–0.13 (80%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Kapanen – Podkolzin3:04

    xG 0.06–0.03 (68%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Draisaitl – Arvidsson6:00

    xG 0.07–0.53 (11%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid11:13

    xG 0.57–1.21 (32%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Kulak15:27

    xG 1.94–1.02 (65%)attempts 19–17goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Emberson2:45

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Bouchard2:28

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Roslovic – Kotkaniemi2:34

    xG 0.67–0.04 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis10:16

    xG 0.86–0.60 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Roslovic – Robinson – Kotkaniemi5:53

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Jost – Blake5:36

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Walker9:57

    xG 1.15–0.19 (86%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Slavin14:27

    xG 1.22–0.78 (61%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Walker3:20

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

CAR 4.6 xGEDM 5.9 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAREDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #937 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 68% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

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

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