G13 2016-11-06 A highly respectable effort from a depleted Oilers squad

Game Notes DET vs EDM

Edmonton Oilers (Head Coach: Todd McLellan) at Detroit Red Wings (Head Coach: Jeff Blashill)

NHL Game #174, Joe Louis Arena, 2016-11-06 03:00:00PM (GMT -0700)

Oilers 2-1

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Dave Lewis
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Ryan Galloway

Three Stars: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins; Tyler Pitlick; Darren Helm

A well played road game against a rapidly descending Red Wings team. In some ways, I found this the most encouraging game of the road trip! Third game in four nights is no joke. Win the game, win the fancies, can’t ask for more.
Funny to describe how these Oilers are playing overall lately though, isn’t it? McDavid isn’t really McDaviding very much, and the rest of the team often seems … disjointed. Hopefully it’s just a normal entropic effect of being on a longish road trip. The new lines appear to be helping.
Prior to this game, McDavid had the fourth highest ice time in the league for a forward. All the players ahead of him are veterans. Maybe the idea of playing the crap out of him is not a successful long term strategy, especially for a 19-year-old player who was a featured high ice-time player in the World Cup before the season started.
Some ‘heavy hockey’ chemistry between Drai and Lucic. Nuge is back too – bet he and Eberle would look good together (as they have for years). Too bad we don’t have a stocky Russian plug and play right winger for McDavid…
Some really nice play (again) for Nurse and Gryba (check out the rink map below if you didn’t see my tweet). And they faced a healthy dose of Zetterberg and Tatar, the only two Detroit forwards that have been playing consistently well this season.
Huge disparities between the ‘danger’ and ‘raw’ numbers for several players, especially the McDavid line.
Well done Oilers – well done.

Game at a Glance

Leaderboard

Tyler Pitlick, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had 1 goal
Tyler Pitlick blasted 6 shots on goal
Tyler Pitlick, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each put 7 shot attempts at goal
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was the faceoff champ at 58.3% (7-5)
Milan Lucic led the team in on-ice 5v5 shot attempts at 66.7% (16-8)
Andrej Sekera, Connor McDavid trailed the team in on-ice shot attempts with 5v5 CF% of 33.3
Milan Lucic, Eric Gryba each thumped the other team 4 times

Goal Overview

Team	Scorer	Period	Time	Strength	ShotType	ShotDist	Danger
DET	Justin Abdelkader	1	8:53	PP	Wrist	9.0	2.63
EDM	Tyler Pitlick	1	16:39	EV	Wrap-around	6.0	1.00
EDM	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	2	19:40	PP	Wrist	30.0	0.87

Who Won the 5v5 Shot Battle?

Which Battle	Who Won	By How Much
Shots	EDM	26 to 20 (56.5%)
Average Shot Distance Against (ft)	EDM	38 to 36
Corsi	Tied	42 to 42
Score & Venue Adjusted Corsi	EDM	43 to 41 (51.5%)
Fenwick	EDM	34 to 25 (57.6%)
Dangerous Fenwick	EDM	32 to 18 (64.3%)

Detailed Metrics

Shot Metrics

Strength	CF	CA	CF%	SACF	SACA	SACF%	FF	FA	FF%	DFF	DFA	DFF%
EV	42	42	50	43.4	40.8	51.5	34	25	57.6	31.9	17.7	64.3
All	44	47	48.4	45.5	45.6	49.9	36	30	54.5	35.2	23.3	60.1

Other Metrics

Team	PP	PPG	PIM	FO	Hits	Giveaways	Takeaways
Red Wings	2	1	4	57.8	19	8	7
Oilers	2	1	4	42.2	23	8	2

How the Players Did (On Ice Shot Attempts)

New chart! Shows how the players did directly comparing raw Corsi with DangerousFenwick. Look for big discrepenacies one way or the other.

Danger Tables

Forwards are sorted by decreasing CF%. Defensemen and pairs sorted by increasing DFA60. Forward lines by decreasing DFF%. Positions are as listed by the NHL roster page, not necessarily where they played.

Centres

Centre	EVTOI	OZS%2	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Drai	15:13	46.7	17	9	65.4	66.8	68.4	72.6
Pitlick	15:11	53.3	13	8	61.9	63.4	70.6	82.5
Letestube	15:43	37.5	15	11	57.7	58.9	66.7	57.6
Nuge	14:47	43.8	13	11	54.2	55.2	66.7	57.6
Lander	09:11	28.6	4	7	36.4	37.5	50	43.7
Eberle	15:13	28.6	9	17	34.6	36.2	42.9	64.1
McDavid	16:31	37.5	8	16	33.3	35	42.1	63

Wingers

Winger	EVTOI	OZS%2	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Looch	16:36	50.0	16	8	66.7	68.1	72.2	83.8
Poo	13:35	43.8	13	10	56.5	57.5	71.4	60.3
T. Beck	08:04	50.0	5	6	45.5	46.6	50	23.8
Slappy	09:40	60.0	4	7	36.4	37.4	42.9	21.7
Maroon	14:25	28.6	9	16	36	37.6	40	62.3

Defensemen

Defense	EVTOI	OZS%2	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%	DFA60
Gryba	17:53	37.5	12	10	54.5	55.7	62.5	64.8	13.08
Nurse	18:53	35.3	15	12	55.6	56.7	63.2	65.3	14.62
Klefbom	22:05	50.0	20	14	58.8	60.1	68	69.1	16.85
Larsson	22:35	50.0	20	16	55.6	56.9	62.5	66.7	18.33
Seksy	14:44	40.0	8	16	33.3	35.4	41.2	59.5	28.1
M. Benning	13:31	44.4	9	16	36	38	41.2	59.5	30.63

Defense Pairings

Pair	EVTOI	DFA60	AvgDistA	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Nurse Gryba	16:54	13.85	46	11	10	52.4	53.6	60	63.2
Larsson Klefbom	20:34	18.09	31.5	17	14	54.8	56.1	63.6	67.1
Seksy M. Benning	12:55	32.05	37.6	8	16	33.3	35.4	41.2	59.5

Forward Lines

Line	EVTOI	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Pitlick Looch Drai	13:37	13	8	61.9	63.4	70.6	82.5
Eberle Maroon McDavid	12:07	8	15	34.8	36.4	42.1	63
Letestube Poo Nuge	12:53	13	10	56.5	57.5	71.4	60.3
Slappy T. Beck Lander	06:59	4	5	44.4	45.5	60	48.7