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Mon, Jan 3, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Edmonton Oilers 1, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM06114014134
NYR11111225428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:25NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Ryan Strome, Ryan Lindgren · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:49NYRBarclay GoodrowGWGAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:00EDMRyan McLeodAssists: Tyler Benson, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:32NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:11NYRRyan StromeAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:15EDMMikko Koskinen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 6:26EDMSlater Koekkoek: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:57NYRKaapo Kakko: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 2:20EDMRyan McLeod: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:05EDMKailer Yamamoto: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 9:43NYRJacob Trouba: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 17:20EDMWarren Foegele: High sticking2 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 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% 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
34Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.6
69Shot attempts39
34Faceoffs won21
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
12Hits29
3Blocked shots22
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways11

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 – Puljujarvi10:02

    xG 0.50–0.14 (78%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Sceviour – Shore – Ryan4:48

    xG 0.28–0.06 (84%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Draisaitl – McDavid – Yamamoto3:13

    xG 0.24–0.12 (66%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Benson – McLeod9:39

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Ceci14:54

    xG 0.90–0.30 (75%)attempts 17–5goals 1–1

  2. Nurse – Bouchard15:07

    xG 0.57–0.45 (56%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Koekkoek11:01

    xG 0.07–0.07 (51%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Goodrow – Lafrenière11:29

    xG 0.48–0.36 (57%)attempts 9–10goals 3–0

  2. Hunt – Gauthier – Chytil5:37

    xG 0.32–0.40 (44%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Reaves – McKegg – Rooney8:09

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko12:24

    xG 0.09–0.62 (12%)attempts 5–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHajek – Jones11:31

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren11:32

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 8–16goals 3–1

  3. Trouba – Miller17:49

    xG 0.25–0.67 (27%)attempts 7–21goals 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 2.6 xGEDM 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #1004 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

NYR winsEDM wins

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

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