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Thu, Mar 6, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

New York Islanders 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 59% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI2130100902234
EDM0401021114329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:58NYIFrans NielsenSHAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Thomas Hickey · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:21NYIAnders LeeAssists: Brian Strait, Colin McDonald · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:28EDMRyan SmythPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:53EDMPhilip LarsenAssists: Ryan Smyth, David Perron · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:29EDMTaylor HallGWGAssists: Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:45EDMJustin Schultz: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:43NYIBrock Nelson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 14:27NYIThomas Hickey: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:47EDMDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 12:28EDMTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:40NYILubomir Visnovsky: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 4:55EDMDavid Perron: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 7:55NYITravis Hamonic: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 18:12NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 18:12EDMMark Fraser: Fighting5 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIEDM
34Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals2.6
65Shot attempts56
34Faceoffs won34
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
27Hits21
12Blocked shots14
15Giveaways18
8Takeaways11

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Grabner10:52

    xG 0.46–0.12 (79%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Cizikas – Halmo8:35

    xG 0.29–0.04 (89%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Bailey – Nelson8:53

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Lee – Strome9:56

    xG 0.14–0.66 (18%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDonovan – de Haan11:23

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey12:19

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Strait – Hamonic15:52

    xG 0.32–0.93 (26%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Perron – Hall6:04

    xG 0.52–0.03 (94%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Hall – Yakupov6:10

    xG 0.29–0.09 (77%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Joensuu7:59

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov4:26

    xG 0.14–0.15 (47%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Marincin6:24

    xG 0.74–0.05 (93%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Larsen – Marincin2:04

    xG 0.12–0.04 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Larsen3:35

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

EDM 2.6 xGNYI 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #289 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 59% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).