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Thu, Nov 3, 2016·Madison Square Garden, New York

Edmonton Oilers 3, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 88% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1101915324
NYR110111310531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:36EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:34NYRKevin HayesAssists: Michael Grabner, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:28EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:46NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: J.T. Miller, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:49EDMAdam LarssonAssists: Andrej Sekera, Mark Letestu · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:31NYRJesper FastAssists: Brandon Pirri, Brady Skjei · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:39NYRRick NashGWGAssists: Nick Holden, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:56NYRJ.T. MillerENAssists: Nick Holden, Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.47 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:39EDMAdam Larsson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 4:01NYRJesper Fast: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:48NYRNick Holden: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 1:47EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 6:46NYRKevin Hayes: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:21EDMTyler Pitlick: Interference2 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
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYR
24Shots on goal31
1.6Expected goals4.2
37Shot attempts54
32Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits26
11Blocked shots5
7Giveaways12
4Takeaways15

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. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi10:43

    xG 0.37–0.31 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Lucic – Eberle – McDavid12:31

    xG 0.45–0.67 (40%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Letestu – Lander – Pitlick8:28

    xG 0.11–0.62 (15%)attempts 5–10goals 1–1

  4. Pouliot – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins9:25

    xG 0.09–0.75 (11%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Benning – Nurse13:31

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  2. Sekera – Russell13:09

    xG 0.18–1.10 (14%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom15:42

    xG 0.32–1.47 (18%)attempts 12–20goals 0–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPirri – Fast – Buchnevich9:39

    xG 1.04–0.30 (78%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Grabner – Hayes – Miller11:20

    xG 1.02–0.28 (79%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Vesey4:23

    xG 0.64–0.16 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Stepan – Zuccarello7:38

    xG 0.33–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Holden13:45

    xG 1.25–0.23 (84%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Klein – Skjei14:38

    xG 0.84–0.16 (84%)attempts 15–6goals 2–1

  3. Girardi – McDonagh16:01

    xG 1.04–0.59 (64%)attempts 12–16goals 1–1

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.

NYR 4.2 xGEDM 1.6 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 89/100 · #120 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 88% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

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

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