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Tue, Jan 13, 2026·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 3, Nashville Predators 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1132601101331
NSH1102601011427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:45NSHSteven StamkosAssists: Michael Bunting · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:06EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:03NSHErik HaulaAssists: Matthew Wood, Adam Wilsby · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:20EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Vasily Podkolzin · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:12EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Poke, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:50NSHRoman JosiAssists: Nick Blankenburg · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:43NSHRoman JosiGWGAssists: Brady Skjei, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:03EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:03NSHMichael McCarron: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:18NSHFilip Forsberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:50NSHJustin Barron: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 0:58EDMKasperi Kapanen: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:15NSHNick Blankenburg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:48EDMAndrew Mangiapane: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 11:08NSHFilip Forsberg: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 16:48EDMMattias Janmark: Tripping2 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 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against McCarron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNSH
31Shots on goal27
2.9Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
18Hits22
19Blocked shots11
20Giveaways20
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. Mangiapane – Roslovic – Savoie9:00

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Draisaitl – Kapanen – Podkolzin12:33

    xG 0.45–0.51 (47%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid12:22

    xG 0.45–0.65 (41%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  4. Janmark – Frederic – Howard4:29

    xG 0.02–0.47 (4%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Emberson13:23

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  2. Nurse – Walman3:34

    xG 0.09–0.01 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Emberson – Stastney2:13

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Haula – Bunting9:14

    xG 0.97–0.17 (85%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  2. O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista11:07

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Jost – Svechkov – Wood7:15

    xG 0.11–0.07 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. McCarron – Smith – Schaefer7:52

    xG 0.03–0.27 (11%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarron – Blankenburg11:35

    xG 0.50–0.06 (89%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Perbix13:01

    xG 0.82–0.56 (59%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

  3. Skjei – Wilsby13:29

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

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.

NSH 2.7 xGEDM 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #215 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 54% of the time.

NSH winsEDM wins

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

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