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Fri, Nov 5, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New York Rangers 5, Edmonton Oilers 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR1103111400525
EDM1131931512639

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:53NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Nils Lundkvist, Sammy Blais · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:11EDMZach HymanAssists: Tyson Barrie, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:52NYRKevin RooneyAssists: Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:11NYRChris KreiderAssists: Adam Fox, Barclay Goodrow · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:56NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Deflected, 0.27 xG4–1
  6. P2 14:41EDMJesse PuljujarviPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse · Slap, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:00EDMTyson BarriePPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 3:35EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Duncan Keith, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–4
  9. P3 7:18NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–4
  10. P3 17:01EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Tyson Barrie, Leon Draisaitl · Backhand, 0.12 xG5–5
  11. OT 3:27EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.14 xG5–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 5:36EDMZack Kassian: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:04EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:53NYRRyan Strome: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 0:24NYRMika Zibanejad: Tripping2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% 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
25Shots on goal39
2.5Expected goals3.5
46Shot attempts79
22Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits27
23Blocked shots12
12Giveaways15
7Takeaways8

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBlais – Rooney – Chytil10:52

    xG 0.83–0.34 (71%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  2. Strome – Panarin – Kakko13:06

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. McKegg – Hunt – Lafrenière6:36

    xG 0.07–0.60 (11%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Goodrow13:49

    xG 0.46–1.01 (31%)attempts 7–22goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren18:03

    xG 0.72–0.46 (61%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Trouba4:40

    xG 0.12–0.17 (42%)attempts 3–7goals 1–1

  3. Nemeth – Lundkvist11:13

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto13:41

    xG 1.19–0.28 (81%)attempts 23–10goals 1–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi17:33

    xG 0.86–0.70 (55%)attempts 22–12goals 2–2

  3. Turris – Perlini – Ryan3:54

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Foegele – Ryan4:56

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse16:44

    xG 1.22–0.36 (77%)attempts 24–11goals 2–1

  2. Keith – Bouchard4:40

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Ceci18:01

    xG 0.60–0.48 (55%)attempts 19–10goals 0–2

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 3.5 xGNYR 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 100/100 · #2 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.77 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 68% of the time.

EDM winsNYR wins

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

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