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Thu, Feb 6, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

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

NYR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM18013110231
NYR011113012136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:56EDMRyan SmythAssists: David Perron · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:22NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Benoit Pouliot · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:22EDMNail YakupovGWGAssists: Sam Gagner, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 10:22NYRDaniel Carcillo: Slashing2 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 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gagner won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYR
31Shots on goal36
3.3Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won32
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
23Hits34
15Blocked shots9
11Giveaways15
6Takeaways10

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. bestHall – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov15:06

    xG 1.15–0.50 (70%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Jones – Gazdic6:08

    xG 0.02–0.10 (20%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Perron – Eberle15:55

    xG 0.31–0.79 (28%)attempts 7–19goals 0–1

  4. Hendricks – Hemsky – Gordon11:20

    xG 0.23–1.21 (16%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Marincin18:31

    xG 1.19–0.69 (63%)attempts 18–18goals 1–0

  2. Ference – Schultz7:11

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Schultz15:04

    xG 0.31–0.56 (35%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Stepan – Kreider14:57

    xG 0.56–0.26 (69%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello13:01

    xG 0.68–0.44 (61%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  3. Moore – Boyle – Carcillo7:55

    xG 0.63–0.62 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Callahan – Hagelin13:56

    xG 0.84–1.05 (45%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stralman20:04

    xG 0.85–0.73 (54%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Klein – Moore13:01

    xG 1.08–1.06 (50%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  3. Girardi – McDonagh21:04

    xG 0.69–1.00 (41%)attempts 20–18goals 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.

NYR 3.1 xGEDM 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYREDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #983 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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.

NYR winsEDM wins

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

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