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Sat, Nov 11, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 75% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11211007229
NYR19213112434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:19NYRRick NashAssists: Kevin Hayes, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:26EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:06EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Milan Lucic, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:10NYRPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:53NYRRick NashPPGWGAssists: Brady Skjei, Ryan McDonagh · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:58NYRMichael GrabnerENAssists: Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.63 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:43NYRMika Zibanejad: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:52EDMRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:13NYRSteven Kampfer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:48EDMBrad Malone: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:19EDMPatrick Maroon: Elbowing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYR
29Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals3.8
54Shot attempts48
33Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits18
6Blocked shots11
14Giveaways16
7Takeaways17

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. bestLucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi13:49

    xG 0.73–0.40 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Pakarinen – Strome8:56

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Letestu – Malone – Kassian4:23

    xG 0.08–0.04 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Draisaitl – McDavid18:15

    xG 0.45–1.19 (27%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Gryba11:23

    xG 0.62–0.24 (72%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse17:33

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom2:15

    xG 0.02–0.17 (12%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Zuccarello – Hayes12:32

    xG 0.69–0.15 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Desharnais – Grabner – Miller2:10

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Desharnais – Miller – Vesey8:44

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Grabner – Hayes – Fast2:01

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Holden14:41

    xG 1.01–0.11 (90%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Kampfer15:24

    xG 0.59–0.76 (43%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Skjei14:46

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

NYR 3.8 xGEDM 2.4 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 49/100 · #638 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 75% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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