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Thu, Oct 17, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2701408229
NYI11629015340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:59NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Travis Hamonic, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:52EDMTaylor HallAssists: Justin Schultz, Mark Arcobello · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:00EDMTaylor HallAssists: Mark Arcobello, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.37 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:54NYIKyle OkposoPPAssists: Matt Moulson, John Tavares · Snap, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:53NYIJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Kyle Okposo, Michael Grabner · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:37EDMAles Hemsky: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:51EDMLuke Gazdic: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:08NYIKyle Okposo: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:26NYITravis Hamonic: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:56NYIMatt Moulson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 19:56EDMNick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:12EDMJeff Petry: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 18:14EDMJustin Schultz: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Arcobello won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
29Shots on goal40
3.0Expected goals4.0
48Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won22
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
18Hits28
10Blocked shots13
5Giveaways1
10Takeaways13

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. Smyth – Hemsky – Gordon8:31

    xG 0.42–0.40 (51%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Eberle – Hall – Arcobello11:56

    xG 0.79–0.81 (49%)attempts 7–12goals 2–1

  3. Jones – Gazdic – Acton2:13

    xG 0.02–0.07 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov9:28

    xG 0.12–0.59 (17%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry12:05

    xG 1.22–0.48 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Belov11:14

    xG 0.37–0.57 (39%)attempts 7–9goals 1–2

  3. Ference – Schultz16:02

    xG 0.28–1.23 (18%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Martin – Cizikas7:33

    xG 0.69–0.28 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Bouchard – Bailey7:59

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  3. Moulson – Regin – Clutterbuck8:11

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Okposo – Grabner – Tavares10:02

    xG 0.73–0.86 (46%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey14:29

    xG 0.84–0.28 (75%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Strait – Donovan9:39

    xG 0.73–0.28 (73%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic18:43

    xG 0.85–1.49 (36%)attempts 12–20goals 1–2

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.

NYI 4.0 xGEDM 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #615 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).