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Tue, Dec 19, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Edmonton Oilers 1, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 79% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1709015131
NYI093903321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:23EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Warren Foegele, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:39NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:30NYIBo HorvatPPGWGAssists: Brock Nelson, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:10NYISimon HolmstromSHAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:30NYIJulien Gauthier: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:05EDMSam Gagner: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:01EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:41NYIBrock Nelson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:43NYIRobert Bortuzzo: Holding2 min
  6. P2 19:40EDMZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:24NYIPierre Engvall: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 16:52EDMZach Hyman: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
31Shots on goal21
3.7Expected goals1.8
81Shot attempts38
23Faceoffs won21
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits29
8Blocked shots22
10Giveaways10
5Takeaways6

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. bestKane – Hyman – McDavid9:47

    xG 0.64–0.00 (99%)attempts 19–3goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid3:18

    xG 0.50–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Janmark – McLeod6:15

    xG 0.63–0.16 (80%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Ryan – Hamblin4:26

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Desharnais8:14

    xG 0.81–0.01 (98%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse11:56

    xG 0.72–0.43 (63%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard15:16

    xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom3:07

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Barzal8:38

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Fasching4:47

    xG 0.09–0.51 (14%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall10:17

    xG 0.02–0.71 (2%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Dobson – Romanov14:19

    xG 0.44–0.79 (36%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Bolduc9:58

    xG 0.00–0.45 (0%)attempts 1–16goals 0–1

  3. Reilly – Aho11:36

    xG 0.21–0.90 (19%)attempts 9–16goals 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 1.8 xGEDM 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #1079 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 79% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

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

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