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Tue, Feb 10, 2015·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

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

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM18113015236
NYI11111215328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:17EDMRyan HamiltonPPAssists: Nail Yakupov, Iiro Pakarinen · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:20NYIColin McDonaldAssists: Matt Martin, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:27NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Thomas Hickey, Anders Lee · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:34EDMAnton LanderPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:23NYICasey CizikasGWGAssists: Colin McDonald, Thomas Hickey · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:54NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:29EDMMatt Hendricks: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 13:48NYIBrian Strait: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:05NYIJosh Bailey: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:05NYIJosh Bailey: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 15:05EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:49EDMDerek Roy: 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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
36Shots on goal28
3.6Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
36Hits47
15Blocked shots11
14Giveaways12
10Takeaways15

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. bestPurcell – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins12:58

    xG 0.87–0.25 (78%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  2. Gazdic – Lander – Pakarinen8:01

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer8:25

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Roy – Hamilton – Yakupov10:27

    xG 0.43–1.22 (26%)attempts 4–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Klefbom17:37

    xG 0.81–0.54 (60%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  2. Ference – Petry13:52

    xG 0.89–0.82 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Marincin15:49

    xG 0.95–1.25 (43%)attempts 16–18goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:35

    xG 0.67–0.38 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas9:41

    xG 1.16–0.87 (57%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  3. Nielsen – Grabovski – Strome12:18

    xG 0.34–0.55 (38%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  4. Kulemin – Nelson – Zolnierczyk7:50

    xG 0.17–0.60 (22%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy16:27

    xG 0.62–0.44 (59%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey15:22

    xG 0.57–0.68 (46%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

  3. Strait – Hamonic16:56

    xG 1.28–1.41 (47%)attempts 16–18goals 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.

NYI 3.3 xGEDM 3.6 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 48/100 · #578 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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.

NYI winsEDM wins

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

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