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Sat, Jan 1, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Islanders 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 59% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM062110200219
NYI180511412329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:40NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Kieffer Bellows, Noah Dobson · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:31EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Duncan Keith, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:13EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:23NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Austin Czarnik, Ross Johnston · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:52NYINoah DobsonGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:42EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:26EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 8:42EDMTyson Barrie: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 8:42NYIKieffer Bellows: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
19Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won25
0Power plays2
6Penalty minutes2
17Hits18
17Blocked shots14
9Giveaways12
1Takeaways7

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. bestHyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi13:10

    xG 1.07–0.51 (68%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Turris – Foegele – McLeod8:50

    xG 0.27–0.05 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Ryan – Benson9:25

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Shore – Draisaitl – Yamamoto15:14

    xG 0.43–0.69 (38%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard21:40

    xG 1.49–0.25 (86%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  2. Barrie – Koekkoek10:22

    xG 0.62–0.70 (47%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Keith – Ceci18:49

    xG 0.27–0.76 (26%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal13:58

    xG 0.66–0.58 (53%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Pageau – Bellows4:57

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Johnston – Czarnik5:13

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas12:43

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Dobson19:04

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  2. Chara – Mayfield2:04

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Pelech2:09

    xG 0.07–0.40 (15%)attempts 1–6goals 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.

NYI 3.1 xGEDM 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #750 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 59% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).