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Sun, Nov 13, 2016·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New York Rangers 3, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 70% of the time.

EDM winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2121708327
EDM113014012139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:20NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: Kevin Klein, Rick Nash · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:18NYRDan GirardiGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:45EDMAndrej SekeraAssists: Connor McDavid, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:35NYRMichael GrabnerUnassisted · Snap, 0.23 xG3–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 2:26NYRKevin Hayes: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 0:21NYRDerek Stepan: 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
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYREDM
27Shots on goal39
2.7Expected goals3.9
40Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won32
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
14Hits29
22Blocked shots10
11Giveaways12
9Takeaways4

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. bestZuccarello – Zibanejad – Miller12:32

    xG 1.06–0.16 (87%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Pirri – Zuccarello – Lindberg4:41

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Grabner – Stepan13:12

    xG 0.76–0.81 (49%)attempts 9–17goals 2–0

  4. Hayes – Fast – Vesey12:51

    xG 0.28–0.64 (31%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Holden17:06

    xG 0.97–0.84 (54%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Skjei15:05

    xG 0.94–1.24 (43%)attempts 10–22goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh19:33

    xG 0.55–0.97 (36%)attempts 11–22goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Pitlick – McDavid11:00

    xG 0.60–0.00 (100%)attempts 16–3goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Eberle – McDavid4:17

    xG 0.33–0.09 (79%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Letestu – Lander – Kassian2:26

    xG 0.24–0.04 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi3:41

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning16:16

    xG 1.15–0.38 (75%)attempts 26–7goals 1–0

  2. Gryba – Nurse12:29

    xG 1.09–0.95 (53%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

  3. Larsson – Klefbom14:56

    xG 0.67–0.78 (46%)attempts 16–12goals 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 3.9 xGNYR 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #983 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 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 70% 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).