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Sun, Jan 4, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

New York Islanders 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 79% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01019114233
EDM1511434523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:59EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Rob Klinkhammer · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:08EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Andrew Ference · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:41NYIJohnny BoychukPPAssists: Nick Leddy, John Tavares · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:33EDMDerek RoyGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:30EDMMatt HendricksENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.56 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:47EDMMatt FraserAssists: Nikita Nikitin, Anton Lander · Snap, 0.02 xG1–5
  7. P3 19:29NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Johnny Boychuk, John Tavares · Snap, 0.35 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:47EDMTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:01EDMAndrew Ference: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:33NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:37NYICasey Cizikas: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 11:49EDMAndrew Ference: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 18:56EDMNail Yakupov: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIEDM
33Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals4.4
64Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
34Hits22
23Blocked shots15
11Giveaways12
7Takeaways11

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. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas11:09

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  2. Grabovski – Kulemin – Nelson9:09

    xG 0.34–0.20 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Lee – Strome8:03

    xG 0.21–0.28 (42%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Okposo – Bailey – Tavares11:03

    xG 0.53–0.63 (46%)attempts 15–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey16:53

    xG 0.65–0.47 (58%)attempts 17–13goals 0–3

  2. Boychuk – Leddy12:15

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – de Haan13:03

    xG 0.78–0.79 (50%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer10:08

    xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:09

    xG 0.94–0.81 (54%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Roy – Pouliot – Purcell11:00

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  4. Lander – Fraser – Yakupov9:15

    xG 0.12–0.47 (20%)attempts 5–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Petry14:42

    xG 1.26–0.46 (73%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

  2. Fayne – Klefbom4:57

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Klefbom2:15

    xG 0.03–0.02 (58%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

EDM 4.4 xGNYI 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #669 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 79% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

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

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