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Tue, Dec 31, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New York Rangers 5, Edmonton Oilers 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 50% of the time.

EDM winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR09112412533
EDM31131416731

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11EDMJames NealAssists: Zack Kassian, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:46EDMJames NealSHAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:13EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsSHAssists: Ethan Bear, Jujhar Khaira · Tip-in, 0.21 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:11EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, James Neal · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–4
  5. P2 13:23EDMJames NealPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.08 xG0–5
  6. P2 15:04EDMJosh ArchibaldGWGAssists: Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–6
  7. P2 19:34NYRChris KreiderAssists: Artemi Panarin, Brady Skjei · Snap, 0.42 xG1–6
  8. P3 4:38NYRRyan StromeAssists: Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.20 xG2–6
  9. P3 11:29NYRMarc StaalAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–6
  10. P3 12:07NYRArtemi PanarinUnassisted · Snap, 0.16 xG4–6
  11. P3 16:15NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Adam Fox, Tony DeAngelo · Snap, 0.03 xG5–6
  12. P3 18:53EDMKailer YamamotoENAssists: Jujhar Khaira · Wrist, 0.67 xG5–7
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:27EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:38NYRBrett Howden: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:20NYRRyan Strome: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 5:20EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:31NYRChris Kreider: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 12:13EDMJujhar Khaira: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 12:13NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 12:13NYRRyan Lindgren: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 13:11NYRChris Kreider: Bench2 min
  10. P2 17:15NYRFilip Chytil: Hooking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYREDM
33Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals3.6
73Shot attempts55
37Faceoffs won29
1Power plays6
16Penalty minutes6
23Hits17
13Blocked shots24
15Giveaways23
12Takeaways12

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Strome – Panarin11:15

    xG 1.03–0.27 (79%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:48

    xG 0.45–0.48 (49%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  3. Howden – Chytil – Kakko10:46

    xG 0.47–0.56 (45%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – DeAngelo8:25

    xG 0.80–0.32 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Trouba14:30

    xG 0.98–0.58 (63%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  3. DeAngelo – Fox4:21

    xG 0.07–0.05 (58%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Kassian – McDavid12:34

    xG 0.54–0.38 (58%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Sheahan – Archibald – Haas8:07

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira10:24

    xG 0.51–0.85 (37%)attempts 9–14goals 1–2

  4. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Nygard8:48

    xG 0.30–0.85 (26%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear6:11

    xG 0.10–0.03 (78%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Nurse11:32

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

  3. Klefbom – Bear11:45

    xG 0.62–0.76 (45%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

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 xGNYR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #83 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 9 goals in reach · 5-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 50% of the time.

EDM winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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