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Sat, Oct 13, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1709111227
NYR1100608124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:49NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Marc Staal, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:17EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:23EDMConnor McDavidPPGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:55EDMEvan Bouchard: Holding2 min
  2. P2 10:33NYRMarc Staal: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:01EDMMilan Lucic: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:49NYRAdam McQuaid: Holding2 min
  5. P3 5:11NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:33NYRMarc Staal: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYR
27Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals2.2
55Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
31Hits23
14Blocked shots15
10Giveaways11
6Takeaways7

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. bestStrome – Puljujarvi – Caggiula7:33

    xG 0.45–0.02 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Rattie – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid10:39

    xG 0.52–0.41 (56%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. Brodziak – Rieder – Khaira7:08

    xG 0.20–0.13 (60%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Draisaitl – Yamamoto8:56

    xG 0.16–0.67 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Larsson2:11

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Nurse16:05

    xG 0.57–0.55 (51%)attempts 10–21goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Nurse2:01

    xG 0.02–0.08 (22%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Namestnikov – Vesey4:56

    xG 0.33–0.02 (96%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Spooner – Hayes – Vesey6:14

    xG 0.22–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Lettieri – Chytil5:05

    xG 0.22–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad11:11

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Claesson11:08

    xG 0.44–0.14 (75%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Smith12:13

    xG 0.67–0.69 (49%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. McQuaid – Skjei14:53

    xG 0.12–0.73 (14%)attempts 7–13goals 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 2.2 xGEDM 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #986 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 53% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

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

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