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Tue, Nov 7, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Islanders 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM013190211225
NYI01311101300137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:59EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:43NYIJordan EberleAssists: Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:38EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:27NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:41EDMMark Letestu: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:44NYICasey Cizikas: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:19EDMDarnell Nurse: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:09EDMEric Gryba: Boarding2 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 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
25Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts57
19Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits19
10Blocked shots15
5Giveaways15
12Takeaways11

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. bestLetestu – Malone – Kassian3:34

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Caggiula5:35

    xG 0.19–0.17 (54%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. Lucic – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins5:03

    xG 0.23–0.34 (41%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Pakarinen – Strome9:19

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse16:18

    xG 0.44–0.30 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Nurse2:08

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Benning2:01

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Nelson – Beauvillier4:43

    xG 0.32–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Eberle – Nelson – Barzal3:49

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Tavares – Lee10:26

    xG 0.37–0.24 (60%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas5:11

    xG 0.07–0.06 (56%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Mayfield14:24

    xG 0.90–0.33 (73%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Hickey – Pulock14:02

    xG 0.40–0.31 (56%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy16:07

    xG 0.71–0.64 (53%)attempts 15–16goals 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.

NYI 2.7 xGEDM 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 38/100 · #786 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 Islanders win this game 65% 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).