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Thu, Dec 11, 2025·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Detroit Red Wings 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

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

EDM winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0719012128
EDM1721517429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:25EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:46EDMMattias EkholmGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:41DETSimon EdvinssonAssists: Nate Danielson, Elmer Soderblom · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:48EDMZach HymanAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.23 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:43EDMZach HymanENAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.75 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:24DETPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:42EDMMatt Savoie: Interference2 min
  3. P2 10:07EDMMattias Ekholm: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:27DETBen Chiarot: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETEDM
28Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals4.5
73Shot attempts52
22Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
9Hits25
11Blocked shots20
14Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSoderblom – Kasper – Danielson7:05

    xG 0.56–0.01 (98%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Copp – DeBrincat11:07

    xG 0.83–0.67 (55%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – Raymond – Finnie12:15

    xG 0.46–0.51 (48%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  4. Compher – Rasmussen – Berggren9:20

    xG 0.11–0.47 (19%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeider – Edvinsson15:17

    xG 0.96–0.60 (62%)attempts 23–8goals 1–1

  2. Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka15:46

    xG 0.50–0.65 (43%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Johansson11:04

    xG 0.49–0.85 (36%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid11:43

    xG 0.62–0.25 (71%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Lazar – Mangiapane – Tomasek6:49

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Draisaitl – Podkolzin – Savoie13:46

    xG 0.66–0.71 (48%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Janmark – Frederic7:59

    xG 0.01–0.41 (2%)attempts 1–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Regula14:38

    xG 1.37–0.38 (78%)attempts 22–10goals 1–1

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard15:27

    xG 0.60–0.77 (44%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Kulak – Emberson12:32

    xG 0.08–0.55 (13%)attempts 7–18goals 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 4.5 xGDET 3.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #1022 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

EDM winsDET wins

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

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