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Sat, Feb 16, 2019·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM013110113236
NYI0102737524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:02NYIRyan PulockPPAssists: Devon Toews, Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:30NYIValtteri FilppulaAssists: Nick Leddy, Johnny Boychuk · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:57EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Kris Russell, Tobias Rieder · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:09NYIMathew BarzalGWGAssists: Devon Toews, Josh Bailey · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:20EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Slap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:44NYIAnders LeeAssists: Leo Komarov · Snap, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:16NYIBrock NelsonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.54 xG2–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 16:03EDMSam Gagner: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:00NYIJosh Bailey: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:23EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:25NYIJohnny Boychuk: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:19EDMKevin Gravel: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 17:08NYIAnders Lee: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 17:08EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 17:08EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 17:08EDMDarnell Nurse: Misconduct10 min
  10. P2 17:08NYIAnders Lee: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 9:39NYILeo Komarov: Holding2 min · PPG
  12. P3 10:58NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 14:54NYIBrock Nelson: 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
36Shots on goal24
3.7Expected goals2.4
62Shot attempts39
32Faceoffs won25
5Power plays3
23Penalty minutes17
20Hits13
8Blocked shots16
10Giveaways10
4Takeaways5

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. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid9:51

    xG 0.73–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  2. Malone – Rattie – Cave2:34

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Draisaitl – McDavid5:14

    xG 0.34–0.25 (57%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Lucic – Kassian4:37

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Gravel3:36

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Nurse10:37

    xG 0.81–0.33 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom19:24

    xG 0.59–0.53 (53%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Kuhnhackl – Barzal11:25

    xG 0.41–0.36 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:22

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Komarov – Beauvillier6:21

    xG 0.21–0.38 (36%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Nelson10:50

    xG 0.27–0.69 (28%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Boychuk – Leddy14:49

    xG 0.63–0.70 (48%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock16:17

    xG 0.47–0.87 (35%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Toews13:28

    xG 0.14–0.66 (18%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

NYI 2.4 xGEDM 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #595 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 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 71% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).