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Sun, Dec 14, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

New York Rangers 2, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 73% of the time.

EDM winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR170817222
EDM050506016

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:04NYRDan GirardiGWGAssists: Rick Nash, Mats Zuccarello · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:38NYRCarl HagelinENAssists: Dominic Moore · Snap, 0.67 xG2–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:36NYRJesper Fast: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:20NYRChris Kreider: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 15:02EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Arcobello
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYREDM
22Shots on goal16
2.4Expected goals1.3
46Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won21
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
17Hits23
21Blocked shots10
12Giveaways13
4Takeaways6

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Hagelin – Hayes11:44

    xG 0.46–0.05 (91%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Zuccarello – Miller11:10

    xG 0.41–0.18 (70%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. St. Louis – Stepan – Kreider11:52

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Glass – Fast7:17

    xG 0.08–0.08 (49%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Staal16:34

    xG 0.61–0.13 (82%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Klein – McDonagh2:12

    xG 0.22–0.01 (95%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Moore7:35

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Arcobello – Yakupov5:02

    xG 0.10–0.02 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Purcell – Pitlick – Draisaitl4:19

    xG 0.11–0.07 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins6:04

    xG 0.11–0.11 (51%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Yakupov – Draisaitl5:06

    xG 0.07–0.09 (41%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ference – Fayne2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Schultz7:33

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Davidson9:08

    xG 0.04–0.24 (14%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

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 1.3 xGNYR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1207 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 Rangers win this game 73% of the time.

EDM winsNYR wins

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

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