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Thu, Mar 8, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New York Islanders 1, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 66% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI0908112021131
EDM0701518062236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:54NYIThomas HickeyAssists: Brock Nelson, Ryan Pulock · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:10EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Ethan Bear · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  2. 2. NYI Jordan Eberle scored
  3. 3. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  4. 4. NYI Anthony Beauvillier stopped
  5. 5. EDM Connor McDavid scored
  6. 6. NYI John Tavares stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:33NYICal Clutterbuck: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:57EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  3. P1 18:06EDMJujhar Khaira: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:06NYICal Clutterbuck: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 4:51NYIMathew Barzal: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. OT 3:00NYIMathew Barzal: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Barzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIEDM
31Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals3.6
61Shot attempts76
41Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
34Hits33
21Blocked shots18
12Giveaways13
11Takeaways25

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Barzal – Beauvillier13:53

    xG 1.07–0.20 (84%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee13:34

    xG 0.51–0.76 (40%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Wagner10:00

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Nelson – Fritz10:32

    xG 0.28–0.67 (29%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDavidson – Pelech14:29

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Hickey – Pulock16:52

    xG 0.65–0.76 (46%)attempts 22–21goals 1–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy19:44

    xG 1.05–1.28 (45%)attempts 17–29goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Draisaitl – McDavid14:25

    xG 1.01–0.61 (62%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  2. Strome – Slepyshev – Puljujarvi10:01

    xG 0.46–0.25 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Pakarinen – Khaira9:08

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Aberg – Caggiula8:51

    xG 0.11–0.41 (21%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse19:58

    xG 1.35–0.78 (63%)attempts 30–21goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Russell14:32

    xG 0.28–0.24 (53%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Klefbom – Bear16:22

    xG 0.53–0.90 (37%)attempts 18–15goals 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.

EDM 3.6 xGNYI 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #680 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 66% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

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

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