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Tue, Oct 21, 2025·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Edmonton Oilers 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM161601013325
OTT060112400221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:31EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:49EDMIsaac HowardAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:13OTTDylan CozensPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:49OTTThomas ChabotAssists: David Perron · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:24EDMJake WalmanPPGWGAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Matt Savoie · Slap, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:41EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 15:51OTTTim Stützle: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:41EDMIsaac Howard: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:27OTTDrake Batherson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:40EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. OT 0:25OTTTim Stützle: Slashing2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Pinto
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMOTT
25Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals1.7
44Shot attempts48
18Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits20
17Blocked shots9
18Giveaways13
5Takeaways1

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. bestDraisaitl – McDavid – Podkolzin11:32

    xG 0.35–0.28 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Mangiapane – Roslovic9:24

    xG 0.19–0.23 (45%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Frederic – Philp – Savoie9:24

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  4. Henrique – Howard – Tomasek7:01

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard14:54

    xG 0.90–0.39 (70%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Walman15:30

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Emberson13:55

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 3–7goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Cousins – Greig10:02

    xG 0.90–0.04 (96%)attempts 13–1goals 1–0

  2. Eller – Zetterlund – Lycksell9:56

    xG 0.00–0.18 (1%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Amadio – Pinto8:21

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Batherson – Cozens – Stützle12:23

    xG 0.10–0.63 (14%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKleven – Matinpalo10:35

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Kleven – Zub2:15

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Sanderson – Zub13:58

    xG 0.25–0.40 (39%)attempts 14–10goals 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.

OTT 1.7 xGEDM 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #529 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 61% of the time.

OTT winsEDM wins

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

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