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Sat, Oct 12, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Edmonton Oilers 4, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 72% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0815314427
NYR170509121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:28NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Ryan Strome · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:45EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:44EDMConnor McDavidPPGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:12EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Ethan Bear · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:45EDMLeon DraisaitlENAssists: Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.68 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:08EDMJames Neal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:29EDMKris Russell: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 0:34EDMZack Kassian: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 17:10NYRBrett Howden: Interference2 min
  5. P3 6:20EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:33NYRBrendan Lemieux: Interference2 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
45% to win55% 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 goal21
3.8Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts41
28Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits21
9Blocked shots11
15Giveaways22
8Takeaways9

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 – McDavid15:34

    xG 0.81–0.24 (77%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Chiasson – Granlund – Nygard8:04

    xG 0.49–0.09 (84%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira8:11

    xG 0.40–0.07 (84%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Jurco – Nugent-Hopkins9:29

    xG 0.54–0.30 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear15:37

    xG 0.97–0.24 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Klefbom – Persson13:25

    xG 0.93–0.33 (74%)attempts 26–7goals 1–1

  3. Russell – Benning14:13

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Lemieux – Howden6:31

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Howden – Kakko2:57

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Strome – Kakko6:28

    xG 0.02–0.60 (3%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0

  4. Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Panarin13:41

    xG 0.24–1.01 (19%)attempts 5–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Skjei – Fox11:45

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Staal – DeAngelo11:01

    xG 0.19–0.74 (21%)attempts 3–15goals 0–2

  3. Trouba – Hajek11:40

    xG 0.02–0.82 (2%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

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.

NYR 2.5 xGEDM 3.8 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 33/100 · #747 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 72% 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).