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Thu, Jan 5, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New York Islanders 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 93% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0421107222
EDM21829011438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:26EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:40EDMKailer YamamotoSHAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:42NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Josh Bailey, Casey Cizikas · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:34EDMDylan HollowayGWGAssists: Ryan McLeod, Philip Broberg · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:17EDMZach HymanAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:07NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Scott Mayfield · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:13NYIParker Wotherspoon: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:57NYIAnders Lee: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:19EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:15EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 1:37EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:37NYIAatu Räty: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  7. P3 19:11NYIRyan Pulock: Slashing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIEDM
22Shots on goal38
1.4Expected goals4.7
42Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
44Hits25
20Blocked shots13
7Giveaways12
15Takeaways8

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Bailey – Cizikas – Barzal10:06

    xG 0.54–0.61 (47%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Parise – Pageau – Beauvillier8:28

    xG 0.04–0.18 (18%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Räty5:28

    xG 0.15–0.67 (19%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Nelson – Fasching10:18

    xG 0.10–0.66 (13%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – Romanov11:58

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Pulock – Romanov2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Wotherspoon3:27

    xG 0.04–0.12 (24%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl11:35

    xG 0.69–0.13 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. McDavid – Yamamoto – Kostin11:40

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – McLeod – Holloway3:16

    xG 0.08–0.02 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Janmark – Puljujarvi – McLeod5:11

    xG 0.21–0.31 (41%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouchard – Broberg5:28

    xG 1.00–0.11 (90%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse14:23

    xG 1.01–0.23 (82%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Broberg2:16

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

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 4.7 xGNYI 1.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #830 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 93% of the time.

EDM winsNYI wins

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

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