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Thu, Feb 21, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New York Islanders 3, Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 84% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI313040600323
EDM2150811711441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:12EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Deflected, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:30EDMSam GagnerAssists: Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:57NYIAnders LeeAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:21NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Pulock · Slap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P1 19:49NYICal ClutterbuckPPAssists: Ryan Pulock, Devon Toews · Deflected, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:08EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Milan Lucic, Colby Cave · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:22EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:14NYIJohnny Boychuk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 4:46NYIRyan Pulock: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:38EDMConnor McDavid: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:26NYIAnders Lee: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 18:26EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 18:26EDMKris Russell: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 4:46NYITom Kuhnhackl: Closing hand on puck2 min
  8. P3 5:40NYIJosh Bailey: Slashing2 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIEDM
23Shots on goal41
1.8Expected goals4.1
45Shot attempts77
20Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
25Hits24
25Blocked shots17
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

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. Eberle – Lee – Nelson10:40

    xG 0.66–0.62 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:07

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Nelson – Kuhnhackl2:04

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Komarov – Beauvillier8:25

    xG 0.05–0.38 (11%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Mayfield – Toews12:53

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock16:53

    xG 0.25–0.78 (24%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy15:19

    xG 0.45–1.07 (30%)attempts 9–22goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl15:24

    xG 1.09–0.35 (75%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Kassian – McDavid8:04

    xG 0.38–0.04 (91%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Rieder – Cave4:39

    xG 0.27–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  4. Brodziak – Lucic – Currie3:25

    xG 0.12–0.04 (77%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:11

    xG 1.01–0.62 (62%)attempts 23–15goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Nurse17:05

    xG 0.55–0.25 (69%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Benning10:05

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 15–6goals 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 4.1 xGNYI 1.8 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 86/100 · #198 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 84% 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).